Chapter 14 Section 1 Active Reading s1

Ch. 17 Section 1: “Search for Peace” P. 502 – 506 Name: Date: Period: 1. Eyewitness to History: Why was Senator William E. Borah against US membership in the League of Nations?

2. Why did so few Americans believe that World War I made the world “safe for democracy”?

3. After World War I, many Americans preferred a policy of partial ______, or withdrawal from foreign affairs.

4. What TWO international organizations did the United States refuse to join after WWI?

5. Rather than joining international organizations, many American working groups urged the U.S. government to negotiate ______, or reducing the size of a country’s ______with world leaders.

6. What was purpose of the Washington Conference? Who organized it?

7. History Makers Speak: If we are to establish ______within our own borders, we must cooperate to destroy the...______wherever we find it.

8. Identify the bold proposal Hughes made at the conference. (2 things)

9. Identify and explain the disarmament plan from the Washington Conference.

10. Which event marked a “high point of postwar international cooperation efforts”?

11. What treaty led 62 countries to outlaw war, except in self-defense? 12. How did weaknesses in the pact become clear?

13. How did the U.S. respond to Japanese aggression?

14. Explain how the United States became a creditor nation after WWI.

15. How did European nations respond to the debts owed to the U.S. after WWI?

16. In what TWO ways did the U.S. respond to Europe’s appeal (request)?

17. How did Germany pay back its WWI reparations of $32 billion?

18. Who did Hitler blame for Germany losing the war?

19. In 1924, the ______provided loans and gave Germany more time to make its reparations payments.

20. What did Hoover declare in 1931? Why?