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[|Locarno Treaty Overview] : A set of treaties. But for the quiz, you will need to know it as it was for 1, and were signed by Britain, France, and Germany. The treaties were set up to secure the borders and to make sure that one country would not attack the other. The treaty helped Germany the most because it in turn gave them a worry free pass so they wouldn't have to protect their border against France.

[|Dawes Plan Overview] : After WWI was over, Germany was expected to pay war reparations and after a rising inflation struck Germany weak, Gustav Stresemann provided an out in which he was going to make a deal With the United States to take loans and relieve the stress of the War reparations. In short term the burden was lifted, yet still Germany grew a dependence on foreign economies, and the Dawes plan set up for the disastrous hyper inflation and a falling economy.

[|Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922]: Also known as the Five powers treaty, was signed in the USA, and was to help disarm the japanese and British in the naval arms race. The treaty outlawed expansion in the Pacific with the Japanese, British and Americans. Many thought this would hurt the US not help it.

[|Manchurian Crisis]:Also known as the Mukden incident was where in 1931 a Japanese railway was dynamited, and the Japanese blamed the Chinese, and Manchuria was invaded. Many sceptics say that the Japanese blew up the railway itself for a pretext to war, but either way the Japanese invaded.

Abyssinian Crisis : Italy's Benito Mussolini and his Facist regime was looking for a way to gain some respect, and expand their borders. Italy found a way by invading Ethiopia for a second time in 1935-36. The invasion itself was a "success" because the Italians won, yet the invasion showed the weakness of the League of Nations, and that Italy would use whatever possible to win.