The document discusses events leading up to World War II. By the early 1930s, the world economy had collapsed and Japan took Manchuria from China in 1931 while Germany rearmed under Hitler. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935 while Britain and America watched from the sidelines as they recovered from the Great Depression. Roosevelt believed the US could ensure world peace but Congress did not want to get involved in another war. Britain had to balance peace with maintaining its trade routes as its army was reduced after World War I. Japan attacked China in 1937 in violation of treaties as Germany and Japan continued expanding aggression leading up to World War II.

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3. In 1931, with only ineffectual protest from the League of Nations Japan had expanded and took Manchuria from China.

4. When Hitler came into power he rapidly armed Germany

5. The Italian Director Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935.

6. Britain and America were still trying to recover from the Great Depression and watched all this from the side lines.

7. Roosevelt believed that the United States could cause world peace.

8. In 1937 he stated that war was an infectious disease and thought the only way to get rid of it was to “quarantine” it.

10. The British survival depended on it’s valuable tread rout.

11. Britain wanted peace but at no price for herself therefore she had to maintain a delicate balance.

12. Because of the reductions of the British army and the successive arms control agreement in the 1920’s her army was insufficient.

13. In 1937 Japan again attacked China in violation of the 1922 treaty.

14. Germany invaded Scandinavia in April 1940.