International+Perspectives+on+the+US+(Danny)

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//**The 1920's marked the end of World War One, one of the largest and most influential wars in US history, as well as world history. Because the war caused such great destruction to many countries of the world, countries got together and formed the League of Nations. It had come about in response to the horrible conditions set forth under the Treaty of Versailles. The purpose of the League of Nations was to help spread world peace, and make countries be at ease with one another, in order to ensure that another war would not come about. America was deathly frightened at the havoc that had gone on in the world, and moreover, in a well-to-do part of the world. Woodrow Wilson, the US president at the time, was not just going to sit back and let something just as horrible happen, so he got together with the leaders of other countries. Under the League of Nations, if a conflict or dispute had risen in the world, the countries would be able to talk it out calmly and rationally. They had decided to base the League of Nations in Switzerland, due to the fact that Switzerland was a neutral country in the world, and therefore other countries had nothing against Switzerland because they had remained in the middle-on nobody's side-throughout the entire course of the war. Germany did not receive an invitation to be part of the League of Nations because under the Treaty of Versailles, they were not allowed to participate in International Relationships with many other countries.**//

//**The Washington Naval Conference was another major event that took place in the 1920's. United States President Warren Harding called in leaders from Italy, France, Britain, and Japan. The purpose of the conference was so that they could reduce arms, and take a long break from producing more arms and warships for a period of time. Many people felt that these countries specifically were beginning to form a naval arms race, and that if something was not done, another war could come about. In the end, they had created restrictions on how much ships and naval carriers could weigh. The idea was that if everyone was allowed to create up to the same limits, they would all be equal, and there would be no competition to keep ahead of one another.**//

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