USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

[SOURCES]
The Washington Conference of 1921 was about agreeing on

(A) ** number of ships

(B) number of troops

(C) what to do about USSR and Germany

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The final multilateral agreement made at the Washington Naval Conference was the Nine-Power Treaty, which marked the internationalization of the U.S. Open Door Policy in China.

Concept note-2: -Washington Conference, also called Washington Naval Conference, byname of International Conference on Naval Limitation, (1921–22), international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the Pacific area.

Concept note-3: -A ten-year agreement fixed the ratio of battleships at 5:5:3: 525, 000 tons for the US, 525, 000 tons for Britain, and 315, 000 tons for Japan. Smaller limits with a ratio of 1.67 applied to France and Italy. Battleships, the dominant weapons systems of the era, could be no larger than 35, 000 tons.

Concept note-4: -Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty, also called Washington Treaty, arms limitation treaty signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Italy on February 6, 1922.