1920s Foreign Policy
Limited naval power among the U.S., France, Great Britain, Japan, and Italy
Five Power Treaty
A concept of reducing interventionism in Latin America in favor of cooperation and arbitration to settle disputes.
Good Neighbor Policy
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
This notable former president advocated that the United States should not involve itself in foreign entanglements
George Washington
Agreement among nations to respect the Open Door Policy and territorial integrity of China
Nine Power Treaty
A series of acts intended to keep the U.S. from intervening in European conflict.
Neutrality Acts
This country began an aggressive campaign of territorial conquest throughout Asia.
Japan
This policy dictated that the western hemisphere was closed off to colonial expansion by European empires, but allowed their colonies that currently existed to remain
Monroe Doctrine
U.S., France, Great Britain, and Japan agreed to respect territories in the Pacific.
Speech by FDR advocating for lending money to Britain. The U.S. must defend freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
Four Freedoms
Chamberlin felt he had achieved "peace in our time" through this policy with Hitler
appeasment
This policy stated that the United States had "international police power" in the Western Hemisphere to combat "Chronic wrongdoing"
Roosevelt Corollary
Allowed Germany's reparation payments to be reduced and receive loans from the U.S. France and Britain then used that money to repay WWI debt to the U.S.
Dawes Plan
Allowed Britain to obtain U.S. arms on credit rather than selling them outright.
Lend Lease Act
What country?
Ethiopia - 1935
Rhineland - 1936
Sudetenland - 1938
Poland - 1939
Germany
This policy affirmed the principle that all countries should have equal access to any of the ports open to trade in China
Open Door Policy
Treaty signed by the U.S. and other powers, effectively outlawing war.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Allowed countries to buy arms from the U.S. with the stipulation that they would be paid for in cash and transported on their own ships.
Cash and Carry
Mussolini
Passed in 1940. Required all men ages 21 to 45 to register for the draft.
Selective Service Training Act
Group launched in 1940 which sought to promote isolationism by the U.S.
America First Committee
Motivation for Japan's attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
US Embargo of Oil to "aggressor countries"
Deal between the U.S. and Britain. The U.S. gave Britain battleships in exchange for 99 year leases on land in the Caribbean and New Foundland.
Destroyers for Bases
Secret meeting in 1941 between FDR and Churchill off the coast of Newfoundland discussing plans for post war.
Atlantic Charter
Famous aviator of the 1920s and outspoken isolationist.
Charles Lindbergh