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Japan Invades Manchuria
In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria. They invaded it because it was well supplied with natural resources and also provided more living space for the growing Japanese population. Because of the league's weakness Japan was able to occupy much of China. -
Hindenburg elected president in Germany
Hindenburg was the second elected president in Germany. He led the nation through the Wall Street Crash. Hitler told him that he, as president should introduce emergency powers which Hitler would loyally carry out. Hindenburg agreeded. -
FDR declares good nieghbor policy
FDR declared the good nieghbor policy, which was the foreign policy of the administration of the United States. The Good Neighbor Policy meant that the United States would keep its eye on Latin America in a more peaceful tone. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act
In 1934 the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act was created. Cordell Hull, secretary of state believed that trade was a way that America could only succeed in the international market if it agreed to accept foreign goods as well as sell its own products. Also believed that high taxes prevented foreign trading from growing. With the Act getting signed it was a sign that American isolationist policy was slowly going away because the United States were clearly reaching of the world. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia
When Mussolini invaded Ethiopia it was a brief colonial war that is also remembered ih history as the second Italo-Abyssinian war. Italy invaded Ethiopia based on the promise by Mussolini that he would acquire a place in the sun for his coutry so that the Italian Empire could match the colonial giants like France and Britian. -
U.S. Neutrality Act of 1936
The Neutrality Act renewed the details of the 1935 Act for another 4 months. It also stopped all loans or credits to war. President Roosevelt and the federal government concluded that bankers and businesses that were invested in the Allies in WWI pushed the United States to enter the war. Roosevelt wanted to separate the economic interests of the U.S. from Europe-this hopefully keeping Americans focused on the nations interests only. -
Japan Invades China
Japan was hoping to get the natural resources from China contained. Japan was able to take control of the ports, but couldn’t get into China. So the neutrality restrictions wouldn’t be put into place Roosevelt refused to declare the crisis on war. Japan “accidentally” sunk a American gunboat in China, the U.S. was very quick to accept their apology. -
Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany
Jews got eliminated from the economy in Germany because the Germans thought that the Jews caused them bad economy before the World War II. The Jewish population of German was not responsible for Germany's plight after World War I. -
Germany invades Poland
When Germany invaded Poland hundreds of thousands of Jewish and non-jewish refugees fled the advancing German army into eastern Poland, meanwhile hoping that the Polish army would halt the German advance in the west. Thousands of refugees escaped to the south and booked passage on ships leaving Black Sea ports in Bulgaria and Romania. -
British forces land in Norway
When British forced land in Norway the allied operations were in the northern Norway and in the central Norway. in the face of German air superiority, it proved impossible to maintain forces there.
