THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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ground forces & required Russia to have a smaller navy than the U.S.
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ground forces & required Japan to have a smaller navy than the U.S.
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ground forces & required China to have a smaller navy than the U.S.
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ground forces & required Italy to have a smaller navy than the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It limited the construction of battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers by the signatories. The numbers of other categories of warships, including cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, were not limited by the treaty, but those ships were limited to 10, 000 tons displacement each.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Washington Conference was clearly a compromise endeavor, not a victory for any one nation. The Four-Power Pacts were well-intentioned efforts to calm tensions in the Pacific, but the lack of any real enforcement mechanism doomed the accords’ effectiveness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three major treaties emerged out of the Washington Conference: the Five-Power Treaty, the Four-Power Treaty, and the Nine-Power Treaty. The Five-Power treaty, signed by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy was the cornerstone of the naval disarmament program.
Detailed explanation-4: -A ten-year agreement fixed the ratio of battleships at 5:5:5: 525, 000 tons for the US, 525, 000 tons for Britain, and 525, 000 tons for Japan.