World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
The Japanese were pissed about the Treaty of Versailles. They were one of the more major allies and they were being ignored. All the ideas they made were shot down and were all vetoed.
2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?
Japan was annexing and taking over the land around China. This treatened U.S and British intrests in the area. For example the Japanese annexing Korea in 1910 and the Manchuria area from Russia after the Russo-Japanesse war. Also the U.S expanding it's influence in the Pacific worried the Japanesse. For example the U.S annexing Hawaii in 1898 and the territories of the Philippines and Guam gained after winning the Spainish-American War.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The Washington Naval Conference was called by the U.S and they invited other countries to come and talk about the naval threat Japan possed to U.S intrests in the Pacific. It limitied the navies of the nations of the world, made them have less battleships and subs and forbid them from using poison gas. Also it made China its on country and those 9 nations recognized it's soveriengty.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
America could act in self-defense using it's military and that America couldn't be forced into war by having to enforce the treaty. America wanted to avoid being dragged into war and that America couldn't be tied down by alliances.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
Hitler played off of the Treaty of Varsailles and it's harsh treatment of the German people. He gave Germans more jobs and a better economy by systamatically eliminating all minorities or those he considered inferior. He made an attack on the German government so that the people would support him more and so he could eliminate his political rivals.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan wanted to invade China to increase it's military power and for more raw resources.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire and the explosion of the Japanese railway in Manchuria both accomplished the same things. Both were attacks on themselves. This made the people want to give their government more power to combat the "internal threat" or "inferior people". They both also were ways that both governments justified doing actions that would otherwise be condenmed by the rest of the world.
8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
The U.S stupidally thinking that World War I was the war to end all wars and their isolationist attitudes decreased their military forces and their navies. This made them to weak to effectivly fight the Japanese who had been building apon their army and their navy for a long time.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
All three are governments that are designed to help the people. However Liberal Democracy is the only on where it's truly democratic. Fascism and Socialism are both government systesms where the government takes control of the economy. However, Fascism and Socialism put the needs of the government before the needs of the people and are brutally efficent in controling the people through violence and other horrible means.