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Dawes Plan
Dawes Plan
Charles G. Dawes devised a system for currency stabilization and payment reductions. American and British bankers provided loans to enable Germany to expand production and make reparations payments to the Allies -
Kellog-Briand Pact
[Kellog-Briand Pact](history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/kellogg)one of many international efforts to prevent another World War, but it had little effect in stopping the rising militarism of the 1930s or preventing World War II. -
Clark Memorandum
Clark Memorandum
concerned the United States' use of military force to intervene in Latin American nations. -
The Great Depression
Great DepressionDeepest and longest, lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world -
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Japanese attack Manchuria
[Japanese attack Manchuria ](www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm)
the Japanese military operation in Manchuria falls within any definition of war -
Hoover Stimson Doctrine
Hoover Stimson Doctrine
Application of the principle of "Law does not arise from injustice"
created because of the japanese attack on Manchuria -
Good Neighbor Policy
[Good Neighbor Policy](history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/good-neighbor)
Diplomatic policy of the US, presented by President Franklin Roosevelt, encouragement of freindly relations and mutal defense among the natiions of the Western Hemisphere -
First Neutrality Act
[First Neutral Act](history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts)
US government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of US neutrality. Prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war and requiring arms manufacturers in the United States to apply for an export license. -
Neutrality Act of 1937
Neutrality Act of 1937
US citizens were forbidden from traveling on belligerent ships, and American Merchant ships were prevented from transporting arms to belligerents even if those arms were produced outside of the US -
Panay Incident
Panay Incident
Japan bombed USS Panay gunboat & three Standard Oil tankers on the Yangtze River. -
Neutrality Act of 1939
[Neutrality Act of 1939](history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts)
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl HarborHundrends of Japanese planes attacked the Naval base at Pearl Harbor. It lasted around two hours but was devastating. More than 2,000 American soliders and sailors died, and around 1,000 were wounded
