Interwar Foreign Policy 20s-30s Flashcards
give 6 impacts of the end of ww1
-over production (inc 250%)
-technological advancements
-short economic boom after recession
-less women/AA in jobs
-return to laissez faire
-united country
why would the US want to return to isolationism after ww1(5)
-protect economy
-return to traditional values
-anti German feeling/ nativism
-red scare
-50,000 deaths from ww1
why did the allies struggle to pay back war debt to US after ww1
-economy depleted from war, relied on US loans and Germany could not pay back allies
-needed to expand trade for money but US tariffs too high
how much did the allies owe the US
$33 billion
who did the US improve foreign relations with and why
Latin America to protect interests / from communism
how many US soldiers died in ww1
-50,000
how did the Allies’ debt to the USA affect the world
-USA would not write debt off, harder push for reparations from Germany
-occupation of the Ruhr and hyper inflation
give 2 parts of the USA’s immediate post ww1 response
-refused to join League of Nations but attended over 40 meetings
-refused to lift immigration restrictions refugees
what were the 3 main foreign policy events after ww1 regarding europe
-1922 Washington Conference
-1928 Kellog Briand Pact
- 1924 Dawes and 1929 Young plan
explain what happened at the Washington Conference and when it was
-1922, countries agreed to limit arms /tonnage of battleships
-Four Power Treaty signed agreeing to respect interests in Far East and maintain open door policy for China
what was a limitation of the agreements made at the Washington Conference and when was it
-1922, no enforcement of limiting arms
when was the Kellogg Brand Pact and what did it do
-1928, signed by 15 countries agreeing to only wage war in self defence
when was the Kellogg Brand Pact and how was it limited
-no sanctions for breaking pact
when was the Dawes plan, why was it wanted and what did it do
-1924 German payments reduced to $250 million a year over 5 years
-Germany also given loan of 800 million marks
-US wanted stable Germany to protect from communism
when was the Young plan and what did iy do
-reduced reparations to $26 billion over 59 years
how did the US loaning money to countries economically benefit the US
-US lent money Germany to repay reparations, which was then given to the US from the allies to pay off war debt
why did the US get involved with Latin America
-protect from communism
-economically motivated
how much did investment in Latin America inc by between 1924-29
$1.5 bil –>$3 bil
give an example of an American company investing in Latin America
-1923 General Electric controlled provision of electricity in 8 countries
-media also dominated
how much did the US give Colombia and why
-$25 million as compensation for supporting independence of Panama
what did the US do in Latin America in 1926
-send 5000 troops to Nicaragua to deal with Civil War
what were the four main foreign policy events in the 1930s
-Good Neighbour Policy
-Neutrality Acts
-Panay Incident
-Quarantine Speech
what was FDR’s Good Neighbour Policy (5)
-continued Hoover’s Latin American policies
-US troops left Haiti, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua
-nullified 1901 Platt Amendment authorising occupation of Cuba
-lowered tariffs
-1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act
where did the US withdraw from due to FDR’s Good Neighbour Policy
-Haiti
-Dominican Republic
-Nicaragua
-Cuba
