APUSH
WORKSHEET
CHAPTER 34
QUESTIONS
What was the goal of the London Conference? The text refers to FDR's "bombshell." Explain.
The London Conference was an arranged meeting with representatives from sixty-six nations that took place in the summer of 1933. The delegates planned to fight the global depression, revive international trade, and stabilize the nation's currency and its exchange rate. FDR first agreed to send an American delegate to the conference until he realize he did not want to risk his domestic recovery for America for international cooperations. His "bombshell announcement" claimed America's withdrawal from negotiations which left the delegates to adjourn empty-handed.
The US decided to begin the process to free the Philippines. Why? How did the Japanese view this decision?
American taxpayers wanted to stop paying for expensive liability for the Philippine Islands, organized laborers demanded the exclusion of low-wage Filipino workers, and American sugar producers wanted an elimination of Philippine competition. This led congress to pass the Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934 which gave the Philippines independence after a twelve-year period of economic and political authority. Because of this, the Japanese began to fear less of the Americans because they were not interested and abandoned its principal possession in Asia.
Describe FDR's foreign policy in Latin American. Was it a success? Explain.
FDR's policy was called the Good Neighbor Policy. Following the noninvolvement in Europe and withdrawal from Asia, this policy suggested that the United States would turn away from its goal of being a world power and a policing force of the Western Hemisphere. The United States would remain as a regional power and renounce armed intervention, specifically the Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine. The policy ended up becoming a huge success as Roosevelt would be held in high regard in Latin America and other countries as well for his policy of friendliness. Trade relations and political relations improved as the United States seemed less of an imperialist and more of a friendly neighbor.
FDR's economic policy in Latin America was also untraditional. Explain.
The economic policy of FDR that was untraditional was the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act passed by Congress in 1934. This act was meant to relieve the chokehold of increasing tariff barriers from both the United States and other countries that discouraged foreign trade and only created deeper economic debt. It first whittled down the exorbitant tariff rates of the Hawley-Smoot law by amending them. This lowering of tariff rates would turn out well provided that other countries were willing to do the same. Economic and political relations had greatly increased with Latin America and led to a more peaceful relationship. The act was particularly important since it reversed the traditional high protective tariff policy that had persisted since the days of the Civil War.
The text mentions the dictators who came to power promising to end the chaos caused by WW I and the Depression. Discuss
Joseph Stalin
The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin emerged as a dictator that was a communist and ruled with an iron first. His totalitarian tactics aimed to control the Russian people in which he believed there was no such thing as individualism.
Benito Mussolini
The fascist dictator of Italy that took reign in 1922; he allied with Hitler in the Rome-Berlin Axis as they planned to expand and conquer more land. Mussolini first attacked Ethiopia in 1935 looking for glory and the start of his empire in Africa.
Adolf Hitler
The most infamous of the dictators, Hitler came to power in 1933 in Germany through manipulation and using the "big lie" that the Jews were the ones to blame for everything. He secured control of the Nazi Party and rose to power using the punishments from the Treaty of Versailles and the depression and unemployment in Germany to help support his cause.
What were the reasons for American isolationism?
The main reasons for American isolationism was that the Americans felt weary of war after being involved in World War I and did not want to send our precious American men and women and lose more lives. They thought of World War II as another conflict that would drag America in and cause it to suffer economically and politically. Also, the American people were still bitter after the drama with the unpaid debt from World War I in the Dawes Plan where the US never ended up receiving their war money from Great Britain and France.
