Summary of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of August, 1928:
The Kellogg-Briand Peace was a treaty signed immediately between the United States and other foreign countries, such as Great Britain, Italy, and Germany and later by France, Poland, Belgium, and Japan, all within one year. It essentially turned national policy into that of abstaining from war, and made it so any country who wanted to turn to war to receive the benefits of the treaty couldn't, and in fact were denied the benefits directly. Another goal of the treaty was to one get countries to sign it, but for the powers who hadn't signed it, they wanted t make it desirable for them to follow suit and sign it as well. After it was created, America was empowered with the oversight of the original treaty, and was responsible for handling the admission of other countries to the pact as they saw fit. More than 40 other countries ended up signing the treaty within a little more than a year after getting passed.
This is a picture of Jay's Treaty, which is similar in how its goals were to abstain from war as well, just the War of 1812 in this case.
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