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The U.S. signed the Washington Conference

Purpose was to reduce armaments among countries
U.S., Britain, and Japan agree on a 5-5-5 ratio for shipbuilding.

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62 nations signed
Problems - no means of actual enforcement and gave Americans a false sense of security.

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Japan looking to expand and increase it's supply of natural resources invades Manchuria and establishes a puppet government (in violation of the League of Nations)

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Stimson Doctrine: the United States would not recognize any treaty or agreement between Japan and China that violated U.S. rights or agreements to which the United States subscribed (did not stop Japanese aggression and expansion)

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Resulted in Congress passing several Neutrality acts.

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Neutrality Act of 1935: president prohibits arms shipments

1935: Italy invades Ethiopia

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Neutrality Act of 1936: forbids loans and credits to countries involved in war

1936: Germany invades Rhineland

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Japan attacked a U.S. ship
Japan apologized, American isolationists urged the US to move on

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Neutrality Act of 1937: forbids the shipment of arms to armies involved in the Spanish Civil War

1937: War between China and Japan begins

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1938: Germany annexes Sudetenland, a small region of Czechoslovakia.

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Hitler broke the Munich agreement by sending troops to occupy all of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France promise war if Hitler goes through with invading Poland.

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August 23, 1939: Nazi Germany signs agreement with the Soviet Union (the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), which coordinated the splitting of Poland between the two powers after the invasion commenced.

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The invasion of Poland began when German tanks and planes began to invade Poland. After this, Britain and France both declared war with Germany and soon, the Axis allies, Italy and Japan.

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Selective Service Act was passed to draft men between the ages of 21 and 35 into the military, even though no specific enemy was named.

Roosevelt won election of 1940 and began his third term as president.

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Roosevelt responds to Japan's joining of the Axis by prohibiting the export of steel and scrap iron to all countries except Britain and the nations of the Western Hemisphere.

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Drastically increases US' involvement in WWII
US could lend crucial supplies to countries the president deems vital

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First wartime meeting between US (FDR) and Britain (Churchill)

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The United States begins aiding Britain monetarily, claiming that they had to help Britain defend the "four freedoms". They also began protecting British ships from submarine attacks.

December 7, 1941: Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor