Download The Harding Years During the decade of normalcy, Americans

The Harding Years
During the decade of normalcy, Americans began a gradual retreat from the reforms and
internationalism of the Wilson administration. Policymakers seemed to turn toward the past,
while individuals withdrew into their private pleasures and comforts. Leaders of business and
finance helped shape the Harding administration’s domestic policies.
Read pages 484 – 490 and then complete the outline:
I. Four Power Treaty
A.
Countries Participating
1.
2.
3.
4.
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
B. Results
1. Great powers agreed to respect each one another’s Pacific holdings
2. Agreed to confer in case of disagreement
II. Five – Power Treaty
A. Countries Participating
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
United States
France
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
B. Results
1. Froze size of navies at 1921 levels, halted building of warships for ten
years
2. United States and Great Britain agreed not to build new naval bases
III. Nine-Power Treaty
A. Countries Participating
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
United States
France
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
China
The Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
B. Result
1. Framed the Open Door Policy into a treaty