NS-2 Naval History Chapter 7: The Interwar Years

Why did US Congress refuse to sign the Treaty of Versailles after World War One?

Adolph Hitler help found the Nazi Party in Germany in 1920. In what year did he become Chancellor?

What bill allowed FDR to give the Brits 50 destroyers & 10 USCG Cutters in return for long-term West Indies base leases?

What 1924 US policy incensed the Japan enough to swing support from moderates to militarists who built up the military?

Name 2 countries the British and French allowed Germany & Italy to takeover in return for promises of peace to them.

What did the German Navy do at Scapa Flow, England in June 1919?

What significant event occurred in October 1929 that affected the entire civilized world?

What was the name of the US Navy’s first aircraft carrier, a converted collier? 

Cite the provision of the Treaty of Versailles that caused German resentment that could be considered a cause of WWII?

What capability was developed to enable mobile logistics at sea, freeing the fleet from dependence on shore bases?

What legislation authorized Franklin Roosevelt to build a large Atlantic and Pacific fleet?

In what year did the limitations on the construction of capital ships expire?

What was the key decision reached at the 1941 ABC-1 staff meeting regard to the priority of fighting WWII?

President Harding felt that the Allies should come to an agreement on what important issue to ensure peace and security?

What US strategic plan was amended after the Washington Naval Disarmament treaties to plan to retake the Pacific?

On September 1, 1939 Adolph Hitler's armies started World War II by invading what nation?   

What precursor to the United Nations did President Wilson insist on in 1919, to ensure peace and security for all?

What was the United States' foreign policy position during the pre-World War II years?

What new naval force was developed to build bases rapidly on newly captured islands? 

What doctrine was refined by the USMC to address the problem of how to invade and occupy heavily defended enemy islands?

What Italian inspired workers to build up military might to establish Rome as the center of Mediterranean power?

Why didn’t the League of Nations prevent World War II?   

During the years between World Wars I and II, pacifists urged the country to do what in terms of military spending?     

Whose 1921 demonstration of aerial assault sinking a battleship prompted the US to invest in building aircraft carriers?

What was the name of the treaty that ended World War One?

What concession was made to Japan to offset limiting battleship tonnage in the 1921 Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty?

What ratio was agreed upon at the London Conference of 1930 for the US / UK / Japan?

What was the provision of the Treaty of Versailles that concerned the German Navy?

Which of the following was NOT a participant in the 1921-1922 Washington Naval Conference?

What were the final US economic acts that made war with Japan inevitable in 1941?

What finally prompted the United States to formally declare war on Japan in 1941?

What did Hitler do regarding the German military forces after assuming power in 1933?

In the 1920s and 1930s, many politically troubled European countries were taken over by what type of rulers?

What events in November 1941 caused Congress to finally remove the last features of US neutrality policy?  

What naval group was Franklin Roosevelt’s way of readying the US for war by refitting Navy ships and training troops?

What did the US do when the Japanese invaded China in 1937 and sank a US Navy gunboat?                        

The Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty limited tonnage & armament at what ratio for the US, UK, and Japan?

What was the intent or gist of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

What March 1941 accord stated the US would coordinate with the Brits & Canadians in any allied military strategies?

When did Britain finally abandon its policy of appeasement and stand up to Germany?

What did the United States begin building on the started keels of the now limited battleships?

What was the name of the US Navy gunboat sunk by the Japanese in 1937?

Once the 1921 Washington Naval Disarmament Treaty was signed, all the world powers except the US began building what?

Significant US warship construction during the Interwar period didn't begin until what year, after FDR was inaugurated?

Policy where territorial concessions were made to the Axis Powers in return for "promises of peace"