Conflict and tension 21-30

• What did Japan, gb and USA agree on Washington 1922


  to limit growth in their navy to the ratio 3:5:5
• What was important about the locarno treaty 1925


  Germany chose to accept the terms of the tov and Germany France Belgium Italy’s and GB agreed to protect a country if a locarno was broken
• What was the Kellogg briand pact 


  63 counties renounced war as a way of solving disputes
• What was started 1932 ended In 1937 and Germany withdrew from in 1933


  Disarmament conference
• What problems did Japan face after 1930 


  Population growing by 1 million per year rice and raw materials had to be imported the army had an effective veto on government
• What impact did the Wall Street crash have on Japan


  • Economic depression
  • silk exports
  • Employment had fallen by 30% by 1931
• What was the incident at muckden in 1931


  Allegedly Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese railway in Manchuria used as an excuse for Japan To invade Manchuria
• What role did lord lytton play in the Manchurian crisis 


  He produced a report for LON into the muckden dispute it found Japan guilty of aggression but took a year to complete
• What was japans response to the findings of the league 


  They left the league and invaded jehol and late joined the pact with Germany and Italy
• What did Italy want to invade Abyssinia 


  To build up an italian empire in North Africa to distract that Italy industrial output had gone down 50%