World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
The Japanese were outraged at the treaty of Versailles because the entire conference was very racist against them and they did not gain anything from it. Furthermore, they felt like the other nations did not have any interest in the well being of Japan.
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 becoming a strong power because they began to trade with the rest of the world. Also, they based their banking on the U.S, government and military on Prussia, and their navy on Great Britain. Finally, they won a war with Russia and began to expand their empire into Korea. They felt threatened by the U.S because the U.S began to conquer islands near Japan and they felt like they were to close to Japan.
3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
The Washington Navel Conference was convened to limit the extent of a Navel arms race because of Japan's growing power. The conference limited the size of ships, put a maximum on the number of battle ships, and established an open trade policy with China.
4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
The two strong and widely held sentiments were the U.S could act militarily in self defense and the U.S did not need to act militarily against those that broke the treaty.
5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
Hitler enjoyed popular support in Germany for most of the 1930's because he promised and tried to get back Germany's political and territorial status before WW1 as well as helping to get Germany out of its economic depression. Moreover, Hitler was able to put the blame for Germany's humiliation after WWI on different groups to help cement his power. He also restored the pride of many German's.
6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
Japan voiced its intentions to invade China in order to expand its power and gain raw materials and natural recourses so it didn't have to rely on trade alone for them.
7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accompllish?
The Reichstag fire and the explosion on the railway in Manchuria were similar because both gave the party that was damaged a reason to advance its goals and both may have been caused by the ones it "hurt" in order to blame the people they didn't like and thus advance their goals.
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 was unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force because it had reduced its military from around 3 million troops to less than 3 hundred thousand.
9. Describe the major similarities and differences among liberal democracy, fascism, and socialism. (pg. 8)
The major differences between liberal democracy and fascism and socialism are in a liberal democracy the people control the government and in the other two the government controls everything. Also in fascism and in a democracy the people are allowed to own property, but in socialism the government owns everything. They are similar in that the government does not control every aspect of ones life as in communism. Also, fascism and socialism both generally have dictators or people who act as such.

New Deal Essay Outline

A strong, well-developed thesis statement that provides a structured framework for an argument.
The nature and scale of the problem facing Roosevelt
The action he took through the 1930s (the "Hows")
The impact of the New Deal on Americans (Successes / Failures / In-betweens)
The reasons for opposition to the New Deal (Counter-argument)
Your own judgement on its success. (To what extent... / with what success...)

Thesis: The New Deal did very little to help solve the Great depression. This is shown throught the unconstitutional laws involved, the packing of the supreem court, and the socialistic ideas involved.

Unconstitutional laws:
-AAA
-NRA
-the laws didn't help because they were not allowed to exist
-the laws violated the constitution, so even if they helped, the hurt citizens in other ways

Packing the Supreem Court:
-grab for power
-limited support for other laws
-showed FDR only wanted more power, and not to help the people

Socialistic ideas:
-wanted to spread wealth, not help all American's, just poor
-could change U.S to communism, more dangorous than the Depression
-socialism deprives rights, and puts many into povorty

Counter-created jobs:
-did create jobs, but they were unnecessary
-also destroyed others ie. in the AAA(less land, less jobs)
-jobs promoted FDR's agendas, not America's needs

FDR & the New Deal

1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People struggled to survive during the depression by creating shantytowns, begged, dug through garbage, whent to soup kitchens and bread lines, moved, familial support.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men became brocken by the lack of work, and those that weren't speant post of their time loking for new jobs and manny were unable to cope with not being able to support their families. Some were driven to andon their families all together. Women would do things such as mend clothing and can foods so that their famileis would not not have to spend as much money. Also, they could not find work because many didn't beleive that women should work if their husband was unemployed. Children could not be properly nurished and thus suffered many health problems. Also school years were shortened and some young people left on trains to search for work.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
The causes of the dustbowl was over farming because of the large influx of money. The effects were widespread poverty, mass exodus's of people, and a lack of food.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.

4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
The new deal was FDR's way to fix the depresion, its goals were releif for the needy, economic recovery and financial reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Roosevelt passed over 15 maajor peices of legislation to start the New deal. Some of these focused on banking.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
Roosevelt's fireside chats were significant because it was the first use of the radio by a president to talk to the American people, and many felt as though he were talking directly to them and were prone to listen to what he said and act on it.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
One significant bill that tightened regulation of banking and finance was the Glass-Steagall Act which espablished the FDIC. The FDIC provided federal insurences for banck accounts. Another was the Federal securities act which requiered corporations to report on their stock offerings and be liable to missinterpritation. An agency created was the Securities and Exchange commision which regulated the stock market.