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United States Foreign Relations During the Great Depression
The economic crisis in 1929 greatly impacted US foreign relations in the 20th century and led to the development of the second world war. -
Beginning of World War 1
Triggered by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and the mobilization of Russian troops. -
End of World War 1
After the war, the gold standard was suspended to aid recovery costs of the war. The gold standard was however, the basis of several international economies. The suspension introduced inflexibility to the world's markets and made financial recovery much harder to achieve. -
Isolationism Following WWI
Following WWI in the 1920s, the US decided to disarm military forces and their machinery, refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles, and rejected membership into the League of Nations. This all went along with the highest import tariff in United States history, closing off foreign vendors in American markets. -
United State's Stock Market Crashes
The New York Stock Exchange marker began to collapse. -
Black Tuesday
The crash of US markets also reached the European stock markets. -
President Hoover Inaugurated
Hoover's administration announces that they will recognize the legitimacy of Latin American governments, even those who did not uphold the same democratic ideals. -
Britain Drops the Gold Standard
Britain was the nation long behind the global financial system and maintenance of the Gold Standard. Dropping the standard triggered a series of negative economic events. -
Japan Invades Northeast China
The United States adopts an isolationist policy and refrains from involving in the China-Japan conflict, despite being a humanitarian issue. -
United States Drops the Gold Standard
The US was unable to make up for Britain's drop of the Gold Standard, as the Great Depression was taking its roots into America. -
Good Neighbor Policy
Started by President FDR, this policy withdrew United States troops and other involvements from Latin America in order to work of US domestic issues. Consequently, this resulted in better foreign relations with several Latin American countries. -
New Deal Programs Begin
Started by President FDR, these were programs that created new governmental institutions such as the FDIC, SEC, NLRB, etc. all with the purpose to help the United States economy recover and to prevent a future depression. Indicating a clear focus on domestic issues. -
Adolf Hitler Becomes German Chancellor
A huge turning point in history, Hitler was able to unify Germany and make them a powerful, unified nation. -
London Economic Conference
World leaders and ambassadors met in London to attempt to remedy the situation, but no positive conclusion was reached. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
The United States adopts an isolationist policy and refrains from involving in the Italy-Ethiopia conflict, despite being a humanitarian issue. -
German Expansionism Begins
Over a four year span leading up to WWII, Germany occupied and took control of several nations including the Saar region, the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and the Lithuanian Memel without the use of any militaristic force. -
Neutrality Acts enacted by Congress 1935-1939
Enacted to prevent United States involvement in international conflict. -
Nanjing Massacre
Conflict between Japan and China that lasted for over eight years and came to an end at the end of WWII. -
Germany Annexes Czechoslovakia
The Munich Agreement gave five Sudeten German Zones to Hitler. -
France Falls to Germany
United States is triggered by this event to commit to anti-fascism. -
Lend-Lease Act
Started by FDR, this act allowed the United States President to provide arms and other war materials to the "government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States." This unintentionally directly involved the United States in international conflict. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which effectively extinguished American Isolationism and marked the official entry of the United States into WW2
