J. Kelly Robison

American Diplomacy Between the Wars

I.         Anti-War Conferences
            A.        Washington Naval Conference (1921)
            B.        4 Power Pact
            C.        9 Power Pact
            D.        Kellog-Briand Pact (1928)
II.        Japanese Expansion
            A.        Attack on Machuria (1931)
            B.        Puppet Government of Manchukuo
III.       Germany
            A.        Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor & President
            B.        Purging of Dissidents
            C.        Rearmament
            D.        Re-Occupation of the Rhineland
IV.      American Isolationism
            A.        Johnson Act (1934)
            B.        Neutrality Act (1935)
            C.        Neutrality Act (1937)
                        1.         Results in “Cash and Carry”
V.        Munich to Poland
            A.        Austrian Anschluss (March 12, 1938)
            B.        Munich Conference (Sept. 29, 1938)
            C.        Annexation of Sudetenland
            D.        Annexation of Czechoslovakia
            E.        Invasion of Poland

Identification Terms:

Nye Committee Report	Kellogg-Briand Pact
Manchuria	Spanish Civil War	Lincoln Brigade
Weimar Republic	Adolf Hitler	Austrian Anschluss
Sudentenland

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