ENVS 1126 Lecture : ENVS 1127 Lecture 14 Nuclear Power
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3/21/2013 12:51:00 am: american foreign policy in the 1920s. Us collaborated with other nations on disarmament. The us gov"t held the washington conference in 1921. Reducing the size of us, japan, french, british, italian navies. Signed by us, britain, france, japan to respect one another"s pacific territories and to cooperate to prevent war. 9 nations pledged to respect the open door policy in china and respect. Dozens of nations promised to protect the peace. Us depended on the help of european economies. France and britain could not pay back us. Us came up with giving them more larger loans. By 1932 all european nations stopped paying back us. The rise of fascism in europe and crisis in asia. In 1939, mussolini withdrew from the league of nations. Appealed to many germans at the time. Nazi party exposed the injustices of the treaty of versailles. Believed jews were the cause of the national economic crisis.
