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Roosevelt sent a bombshell message to the conference refusing any attempt to tie the American dollar to a gold standard. The conference dissolved with European delegates miffed at the lack of cooperation by the United States.
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This gave the president the power to negotiate bilateral and reciprocal trade agreements with other countries.
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Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini ordered the Italian army to invade Ethiopia. Italy rejected all arbitration offers before invading Ethiopia.
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Hitler marched troops into the Rhineland of Germany, directly violating the Treaty of Versailles. German military forces into Rhineland.
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It extended the 1935 Neutrality Act, and extended it to cover loans. It did not cover civil wars. This act prohibited the trade of war materials or credits to belligerents.
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Pablo Picasso created this mural that depicts the slaughter of over 1,600 Spanish civilians by fascist forces.
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The Imperial Japanese troops invaded China's capital which included mass murder and mass rape against the residents of Nanjing.
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The brutalities prompted President Roosevelt to abandon cooperation with Congressional isolationists to pursue a more forceful approach against the Japanese.
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a skirmish between Chinese and Japanese troops broke out at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Japanese government used it as a pretext to launch a full-scale invasion of China.
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A surprise strike by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. The Japanese bombers fired on the USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor.
