World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
The Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles was that they wanted to support the international system as means of obtain the natural resources and markets its growing economy needed. many feared that the League of nations would make japan a second power and the Japanese weer discriminated against.

2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
Japan was becoming a great power because their economy was growing rapidly, the military was growing rapidly too. Japan made a navy like Britain's, banks like the us and a army like Prussia's. Jap also beat Russia in the Russo-Japanese war and got parts of Manchuria while also annexing Korea.

3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The conference was convened because the united states believed that japans growth as a naval power in the pacific threatened the u.s interests. As a result, parties agreed to limit the size of naval ships, put a halt on building new battleships, outlaw the use of poisonous gas, and limit the use of submarines in the war.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
the two sentiments were that Americans remember the carnage of WWI and wanted strongly to avoid being dragged into another European war. The other sentiment was that policy markers continued to resist the obligations of permanent alliances and wished to preserve the ability to act when and where they wanted to.


5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
1. He improved the economics situations
2. He reduced unemployment
3. He restored national pride for Germans still humiliated by defeat in WWI and how poor they were

6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
1. to obtain raw materials
2.increase japans power


7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire was in the parliamentary building in Germans. Hitler blamed the fire on the communists who hitler said were planning to overthrow the gov and incite a civil war. The explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria was blamed upon the Chinese by the Japanese so the Japanese could invade. Both of the fires are alike because historians believe the fires were set on purpose. both these fires accomplished a blame on the communists and a excuse to invade.

8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
The united states was unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force because the u.s drastically reduced the size of the military from WWI and couldn't stand up to japan.

9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
liberal democracy: think as both fascism and socialism
Fascism: no say over people
Socialism: people should ruse and for the ordinary people,