1. The American Nation In the Modern Era
Chapter 17 THE ROAD TO WAR
Section 1: The Search for Peace
Section 2: Relations with Latin America
Section 3: The Rise of Militarism
Section 4: War Breaks Out
CHAPTER 17--THE SEARCH FOR PEACE

2. Objectives: Section 1: The Search for Peace
What foreign policy did the United States follow after World War I?
What were the major postwar peace initiatives?
How did war debts and reparations affect European nations after World War I?

3. U.S. foreign policy after World War I
Section 1: The Search for Peace
U.S. foreign policy after World War I
The U.S. followed a policy of partial isolationism, or withdrawal from world affairs
The U.S. declined membership in the League of Nations and the World Court.

4. Major postwar peace initiatives
Section 1: The Search for Peace
Major postwar peace initiatives
American groups working for peace urged the government to bring world leaders together to negotiate disarmament, or reducing the size of a country’s military
The Five-Power Naval Treaty (US, Japan, Britain, Italy, and France) limited nations’ naval strength.
The Nine-Power Treaty (same 5 nations in 5-power treaty + Belgium, China, Netherlands, and Portugal) guaranteed China’s territorial integrity and required its signers to uphold the Open-Door Policy.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawed war unless it was in self-defense.
62 countries signed the pact

5. Effects of war debts and reparations
Section 1: The Search for Peace
Effects of war debts and reparations
Britain, France, and Italy were in debt to the U.S., so they demanded reparations from Germany to help them pay.
Germany was forced to borrow money from Britain and to print paper money.
Germany suffered hyperinflation, which led to a severe economic downturn.
German bitterness grew.