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The Five Power Treaty (internationalism)
internationalist: The five power treaty signed by the united states, Great Britain,Japan,France, And Italy was the cornerstone of the naval disarmament program. it called for each of the countries involved to maintain a set ratio of warship tonnage. Regarded as a success, there was some controversy over expansion. While the U.S. , British and Japanese already had many bases in the pacific but outlawed their expansion further. -
The Four Power Treaty(internationalism)
in the four power treaty the United States, France, Britain, and Japan agreed to consult with one another in the event of a future crisis in East Asia before tanking action. This treaty replaced the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1902, This was a major concern for many american citizens because japan was seen as the highest growing military power and people saw them as a threat. One of the reasons for this is because Japan could affect our position in Asia and our trade with China. -
The Nine Power Treaty (internationalism)
The final multilateral agreement made at the Washington Naval Conference was the Nine-Power Treaty, which marked the internationalization of the U.S. Open Door Policy in China. The treaty promised that each of the signatories—the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and China—would respect the territorial integrity of China. The treaty recognized Japanese dominance in Manchuria. -
U.S. Loans to Allied Powers( internationalism)
The U.S. didn't care for reparations for Germany"s actions, but they did want them to pay for the near 10 billion dollars they had loaned out to allies over the war. Time and again, Washington rejected calls to cancel these debts in the name of the common wartime cause; it also resisted efforts to link reparations to inter-allied war debts. In 1922, London made this link explicit in the Balfour Note, The same year, Congress created the U.S. War Debt Commission to negotiate repayment plans. -
Initial Arms Limits
After WW1 everyone was concerned about another war, To address this issue in 1922, Great Britain, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy signed the Five Powers Treaty at the Washington Conference. In the treaty, the powers agreed ratio of naval tonnage and restrictions with regard to new building of both ships and bases. This meant that while the United States and Great Britain remained with equal sized navies, And everyone else had to decrease their navies. -
The Dawes Act (internationalism)
In 1923, with the European powers stalemated over German reparations, the Reparation Commission struck a committee to review the situation. Headed by Chicago banker Charles G. Dawes, the committee presented its proposal in April 1924. Under the Dawes Plan, Germany's annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined. The U.S still goes on to help some country"s to pay their reparation payments. -
The Geneva Conference (internationalism)
The U.S. and the 2 other powers met to discuss the naval limitations and how they should extend/ change everyone's ratios of ships. The differences between the parties emerged in several areas. First, there was a dispute about whether “parity” should be measured based on tonnage or number of vessels. .Second, Great Britain set forth what it called the “doctrine of requirements,” which stated that the size of a nation's naval fleet should be based on what it required to defend its territory. -
Failure To Form A Treaty (isolationism)
The U.S. And Britain failed time and time again to agree on things leading overall to the inability to form a treaty.In the wake of the failed talks at Geneva, the U.S. passed a bill to build fifteen new cruisers and an aircraft carrier, and thereby joined the naval arms race. This led Japan and Britain to consider their own building programs, making the result of the conference a potential new arms race, rather than limitation.This made both sides realize they would elaborate more later. -
The Young Plan (internationalism)
Mr. Young had made a plan to cut Germany's reparations to a payable 29 billion which could have been paid off in roughly 50 years. The advent of the Great Depression doomed the Young Plan from the start. Untill later when the world agreed to take bacl their reperations towards germany because it was causing the economic level of the world to plummet. -
U.S. Peace Advocates (Internationalism)
In the wake of World War I, U.S. officials and private citizens made significant efforts to guarantee that the nation would not be drawn into another war. Some focused on disarmament, such as the series of naval conferences that began in Washington in 1921, and some focused on cooperation with the League of Nations and the newly formed World Court. Others initiated a movement to try to outlaw war outright. -
French Involvement (internationalism)
French Minister of Foreign Affairs Aristide Briand proposed a peace pact as a bilateral agreement between the United States and France to outlaw war between them. Particularly hard hit by World War I, France faced continuing insecurity from its German neighbor and sought alliances to shore up its defenses. Briand published an open letter in April of 1927 containing the proposal.The U.S. suggested that the two nations take the lead in inviting all nations to join them in outlawing war. -
Senate Gerald nye
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria and subsequent push to gain control over larger expanses of Northeast China in 1931 led President Herbert Hoover and his Secretary of State, Henry Stimson, to establish the Stimson Doctrine, which stated that the United States would not recognize the territory gained by aggression and in violation of international agreements. Eventually leading to the U.S. having to involve themselves with japan after pearl harbor.
