<p> 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?</p><p>2. Why did so few Americans believe that World War I made the world “safe for democracy”?</p><p>3. After World War I, many Americans preferred a policy of partial ______, or withdrawal from foreign affairs.</p><p>4. What TWO international organizations did the United States refuse to join after WWI?</p><p>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.</p><p>6. What was purpose of the Washington Conference? Who organized it?</p><p>7. History Makers Speak: If we are to establish ______within our own borders, we must cooperate to destroy the...______wherever we find it.</p><p>8. Identify the bold proposal Hughes made at the conference. (2 things)</p><p>9. Identify and explain the disarmament plan from the Washington Conference.</p><p>10. Which event marked a “high point of postwar international cooperation efforts”?</p><p>11. What treaty led 62 countries to outlaw war, except in self-defense? 12. How did weaknesses in the pact become clear?</p><p>13. How did the U.S. respond to Japanese aggression?</p><p>14. Explain how the United States became a creditor nation after WWI.</p><p>15. How did European nations respond to the debts owed to the U.S. after WWI?</p><p>16. In what TWO ways did the U.S. respond to Europe’s appeal (request)?</p><p>17. How did Germany pay back its WWI reparations of $32 billion?</p><p>18. Who did Hitler blame for Germany losing the war?</p><p>19. In 1924, the ______provided loans and gave Germany more time to make its reparations payments.</p><p>20. What did Hoover declare in 1931? Why?</p>