HY 101 Chapter 34: HY Notes 34
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Franklin d. roosevelt and the shadow of war. In the summer of 1933, 66 nations sent delegates to the london economic conference. The delegates hoped to coordinated an international response to the global depression. They wanted to stabilize currencies and the rates at which they could be exchanged. President roosevelt opposed the conference because he did not want any interference with his own plans to fix the american economy. Without support from the united states, the london economic conference fell apart. The collapse strengthened the global trend towards nationalism, while making international cooperation increasingly difficult. Freedom for (from?) the filipinos and recognition for the russians. Continuing the nation"s isolationist policies, president roosevelt withdrew from asia. Congress passed the tydings-mcduffie act in 1934, providing independence to the philippines by 1946. The nation did not want to have to support the philippines if japan attacked it.
