HIST 2057 Chapter : From Isolation To Global War
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Postwar isolation: war debts and reparations, germany"s fault to pay for war debts because they were responsible for war had to pay 22 billion dollars, johnson debt default act (1934) American banks cant loan money to anyone who has previously defaulted on a loan. 5 power naval treaty is a treaty that divides up the worlds oceans and gives each regions to a country"s navy: japan, u. s. , great britain, france, italy, reduce size of navy. 4 power naval treaty: u. s. , g. b. , japan, and france to leave possessions alone. Opened door policy maintain china as political entity even though all countries have their say in china. No real mechanism to regulate it no one to make sure they are not violating the treaties but did show that people wanted a diplomatic solution: kellogg-briand pact (pact of paris, 1928) After u. s. secretary of state and french foreign minister agree to say that france and u. s. would never go to war together.
