US HISTORY interwars quiz

Washington Conference

A meeting between major world powers (U.S., Britain, Japan, France, Italy) to prevent another naval arms race.

They agreed to limit the size of their navies and respect territories in the Pacific.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

An international agreement where countries promised to never use war to settle disputes.

It had no way to enforce it, so it failed to stop aggression.

Stimson Doctrine

The U.S. policy that said America would not recognize any land taken by force, especially after Japan took Manchuria.

Dawes Plan

An American plan to help Germany pay war reparations.

U.S. banks loan

Nye Committee

A U.S. investigation that said arms companies and banks helped cause World War I by pushing America into war for profit.

Neutrality Acts

U.S. laws meant to keep America out of war by banning:

Selling weapons to countries at war

Giving loans to fighting nations

Americans traveling on ships of countries at war