Chapter+27-+Vocab


 * Washington Conference of 1921-** Attempt to disrupt a costly naval build up between U.S., Britain, Japan. The conference set a limit on the amount of naval tonnage allowed and a reduction in naval arms.
 * Kellogg-Briand Pact-** Proposal to outlaw as a national policy, though it had no backing to it.
 * Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act-** 1934 Roosevelt approved the reciprocal trade agreement act which lowered tariffs as much as 50% in return by reduce tariffs by other countries. Cordell Hull(secretary of state) negotiated the treaty with twenty-one other countries. It resulted in higher exports from America.
 * Inter-American Conference-** Basically the Good Neighbor Policy, which instead of military involvement to influence Latin American Countries we now use economic motivations.This resulted in better relations with Latin America.
 * Neutrality Acts-** These acts were created to prevent what many Americans believed lead us to WWI in the first place in 1935. It established an embargo against any country that was in a war. Also countries in a war could only purchase non-military goods.
 * Quarantine Speech-** FDR's speech about breaking off diplomatic ties with Japan. The public received this as breaking all ties with Japan including economic and trading, which they believed this was a break of the Neutrality Acts. Thus FDR backed down and kept diplomatic ties with Japan.
 * Munich Conference-** Basically the allies got together in a ultimate act of appeasement and told Germany and Italy to stop invading countries. Germany and Italy accepted and then Germany invaded Poland.
 * Cash and Carry-** FDR wanted the embargo part of the Neutrality Acts lifted but was forced to accept and water down version of his plan so America could sell arms along with the non-military goods.
 * Lend-Lease** **Acts-** Allowed for allied countries to receive arms from America for free as long as the countries paid them back later. This was a way around the Neutrality Acts.
 * Atlantic Charter-** A document of certain principles that allowed for a better future for the world, it called discreetly for the total destruction Nazi Germany.
 * Tripartite Pact-** A loose alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan in the Pacific, that seemed to extend the axis into Asia. Though the wars in Europe and Asia were separate.