World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles?

The Japanese were greatly offended because the treaty did not include the anti-raceism amendment they proposed. Their representatives at the treaty were not listened to and discriminated against and all over the western world japanese people were treated badly. Because the treaty did not include the anti-raceism legislation they requested they felt the need to distance themselfs from the western world and took a nationalist policy throughout the country.

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?

After 1860 Japan became open to thr rest of the world. Before this they had pratciced extream isolationism and did not interact with other countrys economically in any way. Once they began tradeing with other countrys, however, their economic, military, and political power grew exponentially. They became a world power after this but felt threatened by the US's constant growing presence in the pacific, which interfeared with the imperialist policys Japan was beginning to develop.

3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished?

It was conviened because many nations, includeing the US, felt threatened by Japan's growing naval power. The treaty which was signed by all participateing countries limited naval importance in future wars and created other regulations on warefare.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they?

a. Wanting to aviod war
b. Wanting the ability to take forceful international action when necessary

5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons.

a. Improved economy
b. reduced unemployment
c. fed on built up anger from WWI

6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons?

a. To become self-sufficiant and not need to rely on forgin trade
b. as a retaliation to the bombing of a japanese train station.

7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?

They both gave their respective governments a reason to accomplish a task that would benifit said government. The fire gave Hitler a reason to declare all German Constitutional rights invalid, which helped his druing his rise to power. The bombing of the train station gave the Japanese a reason to invade China, which helped them expand their power outside of their island nation territory.

8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force?

The US had drastically reduced the size of their military after WWI.

9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism.

The major differences among these political idologies is their views on the place of government in the lives of the people. Fascists believe that govenrment should have total, unquestioned, rule over the people. Basically the individual surrenders all of his/her rights to the government. Socialists are similar in the sence that they both believe in the lack of individual rights, hovever socialists believe that all citizens should be considered equal, and that all citizens should work for the betterment of society. Liberal democracy is the only of these ideologies that believes in and stresses the importance of the rights of the individual. This political system believes in a government run by elected officials who's job is to represent the views and concerns of the poeple whom they represent.

New Deal Essay Outline

Thesis : The Roosevelt Administration looked to bring about the recovery of the US economy by creating a number of big government programs aimed at improving the economic and social welfare of the US, and to an extent this was successful, but did not fix the major underlying issues that faced the nation and did not end the Depression.

Problems-
- Industries fail
o Causes mass layoffs
 Causes high unemployment
- unemployment, along with irresponsible lending by banks, led to the inability of many to pay back loans
o causes many banks to run out of money, not able to give people their money
 people stop depositing in banks and lose all faith in the system
- after WWI farmers began overproducing crops
o large supply and lower demand causes price of farm goods to drop significantly
o many farmers go out of business
- Speculation on the stock market causes market to crash
o Many lose huge sums of money due to stock market crash

Measures Taken-
- major legislation passed aimed at fixing problems causing the depression
- emergency banking act-
o passed 1st day in office
o closed down all banks so they could be examined by federal government for economic stability
o banks deemed able to survive economically (sometimes with help by the federal government by the means of loans) were allowed to reopen, those deemed unstable closed
- Securities exchange commission-
o Aimed to fix problems on wall street
o Placed many government regulations on the stock market, such as not allowing speculation
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration-
o Aimed at fixing the problems in the agricultural sector of the economy
o Gave incentives to farmers who killed off extra live stock and crops in order to even out supply and demand
- National Recovery Act-
o Aimed at regulating socio-economic trends
o Regulated prices for many products and limited the freedom of the market in order to ensure fair trade
- Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation-
o Aimed at further restoring US confidence in the banking system
o Guaranteed those who deposited into banks $X if the bank failed

Effects-
- Emergency banking act
o Restored faith in the banking system
o Saved many banks that were on the brink of failure
o Caused those who deposited into the banks deemed unable to survive to lose their money, with no refund
- Securities Exchange Commission
o Prevented people from taking advantage of the stock market, which caused the ’29 crash
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration
o Stabilized the market for goods from the farms
o Wasted food that could be used to help those suffering from hunger
o Widely considered immoral
- National recovery act
o Highly criticized because of limitations on free market
o Hurt business
o Eventually deemed unconstitutional
- Federal deposit insurance cooperation
o Provided an insurance policy to those who deposited in banks
o Restored faith in banks
Judgment
- Successful in…
o Restoring confidence in banks
o Stabilizing farming sector
o Highly improving stock marker fairness
o Creating jobs
o Somewhat lowering unemployment
- Failed in…
o Ending recession
o Bringing country together
o Being uncontroversial (many said was unconstitutional, communism, took advantage of tax payers, too confusing)
o Simplicity (accused of having too many rules and regulations)
o Fairness (stocking the supreme court)
- overall judgment
o successful in fixing minor problems and restoring confidence in banking system… but did not accomplish final goal of ending great depression because of radicalness and copiousness of rules, regulations, and government programs