4th Period Class Notes

Lead-Up to WWII
*September 1931- Japan seizes Manchuria, breaking the Kellogg-Briand Pact. They broke from the League of Nations and Washington Treaties.
*1933- Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (Fascist), pulls Germany from the League of Nations, instates a draft, builds military with budget.
*1922- Mussolini takes power in Italy (Fascist), starts military buildup, invades Ethiopia in 1935
*Nye Report (1936)- Stated that munition and banking companies got U.S. into WWI. It pushed America toward neutrality and subsequent Neutrality Acts.
1924- Stalin takes control in Soviet Union (Communist)
1937- Neutrality Acts allow cash and carry, meaning that they American goods are carried on American ships and they paid in full and in cash.
Franco- Spanish socialist whom Hitler supported. He brought down the democratically elected govt. in Spain, the govt. the U.S. refused to support.
1937-Japanese sink U.S. ship Panay that was carrying U.S. diplomats out of China.