Chapter 18 The U.S. limits it's involvement in global affairs ISOLATIONISM 1919- 1930

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Paris Peace Conference

Meeting of the victorious allied powers following the end of WW1 to set the peace terms for the defected central powers

Versailles treaty

brought WW1 to an end, The treaty ended the state out of war between Germany & the allied powers

Isolationism

national policy of avoiding politician or economic entanglements with other countries

Washington naval conference

meeting in which leading powers agreed to limit the size of their navies

four - power treaty

major powers agreed to consult with each other in an event of a future

five - power treaty

each major power maintains a set ratio of worship tonnage

nine - power treaty

major powers promised to respect china’s territorial integrity

kellogg - Briand peace pact

outlawing the use of war as “an instrument of national policy”