1. What was the Japanese reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? (pgs. 4 - 5)
Even though the Japanese were invited to the convention they were not treated with nearly as much respect as they deserved nor as much as the other nation's embasadors were given. They were embarissed and when they returned to Japan they were determined to become a major and highly powerful nation.

2. Read the pull-out box on page 4 entitled, "Japan Becomes a Great Power." Cite specific evidence Japan was becoming a strong power that rivaled European & American interests. And, why specifically was Japan threatened by U.S. actions?

JAPAN'S GROWTH OF POWER:
"Enrich the nation and strengthen the army." - This was the slogan of a Japanese program that was started in 1860. Up till this point the nation had had little interest in international affairs with europe and the americas. This was the start of Japan's economic and military growth.

"Between 1885 and 1920, its gross domestic product, or all of the goods and services produced by Japan, increased threefold."

"Manufacturing and mining increased sixfold"

"In 1905, Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War and gained access to parts of Manchuria. Japan annexed Korea in 1910."

Japanese Threats to America:

Japan was interested in expanding into China, but other powers, particularly Britain and the United States. saw Japanese interests in conflict with their own designs?




3. Why was the Washington Naval Conference convened and what was accomplished? (pg. 6) (Note: Japan signs the agreement.)
By 1920 Japan's huge teritorial,military and economic growth twas too great for America to ignore any longer. Particularly Japan's advancements in the pacific islands, which the nation had been gobbling up and rapidly shortening the distance between itself and the United States. In 1921 the US called together nine nations to discuss the rising powers of Japan. At these confrances, known as the Wachington Naval Conferences, the nine nations set up some peramiters for Japan's future progress. Niether Japan nor any nation at the convention was aloud to use poisonous gases, both parties were limited by a restriction on the size of battle ships aswell as the general number of them and a limit on submarine involvement in future wars.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact relected two strong and widely held sentiments. What were they? (pgs. 6 - 7)
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was nearly the same as an aliance between america and France. It prohibited either countries from engaging in war against the other. America had remenmbered the deaths of WW1 and was reluctent to get dragged into another great war.

5. Why did Hitler enjoy popular support in Germany for most of the 1930s? Give three reasons. (pgs. 9 - 10)
-Hitler was an excellent speaker
-Hitler was good at telling the people of Germany what they wanted to hear.
-Germany was in a huge economic decline and was eager to turn to a leader who could get them out of the many troubles they had

6. Japan voiced its intentions to invade China for what two reasons? (pg. 10)
1) to gain control of raw materials
2) to gain power

7. Compare the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria. What did they accomplish?
Both desasters were mainly beneficial to both Japan and Germany for although they caused damage to their property they were good excuses to blame their aponents and increase national resentment towards enemy nations.

8. Why was the united States unable to oppose Japan in the early 1930s with a significant military force? (pgs. 11 - 12)
In adition to Japan's disregard for the Treaties it had signed at the washington naval conferences the US army had drastically shrunk after the first world war and was therefore not prepared for a fight against Japan.