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The Kellogg-Briand Pact: Pacificism In The 1920s
The Kellogg-Briand Pact: Pacificism in the 1920's

As the guns fell silent, the American voice begins to get louder. The cry for no more war and peace is everywhere as the United States to untangle themselves with Europe. The League of Nations failed to pass Congress and the people want some insurance that they don't have to endure another war of that scale. This wave of familiar pacificism and isolationism results in a hope to prevent future war. In able to push towards naval disarmament as a deterrent to war, Republican leaders held a conference in Washington in 1921 with the European powers along with Japan. Soon after the dubbed ‘Five Power Treaty' was signed that established ratios on number of existing battleships. However the treaty
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