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Immigration Act of 1924
The immigration act of 1924 cut down emergency quota act down to 2% and also bans Japanese immigration. -
Dawes Plan
This was a "plan" that the US used where they loaned money to Germany to pay their debts to Britain and France who then used the same money to pay off the US. Because it initially started with US loaning the money out, they never really got any money back once France and Britain paid their debt because it was the same money they gave out to Germany. This is how they tried to "solve" their debt crisis. -
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact "outlawed" war by having the five dozen of the signatory nations promise to never wage offensive war against one another. All major powers of WWII signed the document. Though the document isn't an isolationist document, the US still took the lead in negotiating it. Unlike the league of Nations however, this document requires no real commitment, or continuous engangement on America's part. -
Good Neighbor Policy
For better relations with Latin American countries, FDR renounced armed interventions at the 7th Pan American Conference in Uruguay. A year later he took U.S. Marines out of Haiti, these actions most definitely helped FDR's goal for better relations. -
London Conference of 1933
The Great Depression did not just affect the United States, it was worldwide and in an attempt to resolve this problem 66 nations came together in London during the summer of 1933. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
After 12 years of political and economic tutelage, the act stated that the philippines will be free; in 1946. -
The Japanese Surrender
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan were hit with nuclear weapons, the unconditionally surrendered to the US officially ending WWII. -
The Iron Curtain
The famous speech, Iron Curtain, was delivered by Winston Churchhill in Marc 1946, in which he says "the world has been divided as an Iron Curtain has fallen around eastern Europe. In this speech, it's referring to the US policy of containment of Communism. With this policy, the goal of the US was expressed as instead of fighting communism directly, they were going to focus on containing the areas where it was already present.
