History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1243 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Washington Naval Conference
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The idea
Harding's administration joined the Washington Naval Conference of nineteen twenty-one and twenty-two, which reduced the navies of the nine signatory nations.
In practice
The Four Power Treaty, in which the United States, Britain, France and Japan renounced territorial expansion in Asia.
Where people slip
The anchor says the agreements collapsed in the nineteen thirties. Unit twelve shows the Japanese expansion that ended them.
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