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Super Government? Collective Security? Economic Sanctions General Assembly Council Admittance to the LON The League of Nations

July 1919 Social Democrats Dr. Kapp Rights Universal Suffrage Land Issues The Weimar Republic

Upper Silesia Poland Plebiscite Silesian Uprisings The Response of the LON Suggestions? Decisions Problems in Silesia

The Frontiers of Albania Response of the League Setting new borders Italian General Enrico Tellini (Aug. 1923) Response of Mussolini Corfu Results? Problems in Albania

Warren G. Harding November 12, February 6, Powers American Objectives Japanese and British Goals The Washington Naval Conference

The Washington Naval Treaty/Five Power Treaty Five Powers? Purpose of the Treaty? Efforts by the British, Americans, and Japanese to expand their naval power. The Washington Naval Conference G3 Battle cruiser

Terms: 35,000 tons 16 inch guns Aircraft carriers 5:5:3 ratio The Five Power Treaty

CountryCapital ShipsAircraft Carriers British Empire525,000 tons135,000 tons United States525,000 tons135,000 tons Japan315,000 tons81,000 tons France175,000 tons60,000 tons Italy175,000 tons60,000 tons

The Five Power Treaty Fortifications Naval Bases Replacing Ships

The United States Britain Japan France Italy Effects of the Five Power Treaty

The Role of the Cypher Bureau Herbert Yardley Japanese Communications Suspicions and accusations Another look?

China Open Door Policy Japanese Influence in China International Law The Nine Power Treaty John Hay

The Treaty of Rapallo Germany Soviet Russia Treaty of Brest Litovsk Terms of the Treaty French Concerns Collective Security outside the League

January 1923 The Ruhr Response of the Weimar Republic Inflation International Sympathy The Ruhr Crisis

Britain and America Respond Germany’s Response to the French The Dawes Plan The Reichsbank Changes in payments The Response to the Ruhr Invasion

Origin of the Pact Terms? Major Implications of the pact? The Spirit of Locarno Gustav Stressman

The Kellogg-Briand Pact Frank Kellogg Aristide Briand 60 Nations Implications More attempts at Collective Security

The Young Plan German Reparations The Reparations Commission Elements of Instability The Great Depression Financial Issues