 Why was the League of Nations set up in 1919?
- Because Wilson wanted it more than anything else.
- What Treaty set up the League of Nations
- What were the four aims of the League of Nations?
- Stop Wars
- Improve people's lives and jobs
- Disarmament
- Enforce the Treaty of Versailles
- What happened when Wilson went back home to America?
- The Senate refused to join the League or ratify the Treaty of Versailles
- Why did the Americans not want to join the League of Nations?
- Many Americans were German immigrants and hated the Treaty of Versailles
- Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might involve Americans dying in a war.
- Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might cost money
- Many Americans were anti-British and hated the British Empire (the American revolution had been to get out of the British Empire)
- How many countries joined the League of Nations in 1919?
- How many members did the League have in the 1930s?
- Name three powerful countries which were not members of the League.
- Why was Russia not a member of the League?
- A Communist country, hated Britain and France
- Why was Germany not a member of the League?
- Not allowed to join by the Treaty of Versailles
- Who were the four main members of the League?
- Britain,
- France,
- Italy,
- Japan
- What four powers did the League have to enforce its decisions? Explain them.
- Covenant
- Condemnation
- Arbitration
- Sanctions
- What did the League NOT have which made it hard for it to enforce its decisions?
- What were the eight main parts of the League’s organisation?
- Secretariat
- Council
- Assembly
- Court of International Justice
- Health Committee
- International Labour Organisation
- Refugees Commission
- Mandates Commission
- Slavery Commission
- How many times a year did the League’s ‘Assembly’ meet?
- How many times a year did the ‘Council’ meet?
- 4-5 times a year, and when necessary
- What did the ‘Court of International Justice’ do?
- What did the ‘Health Committee’ of the League do?
- tried to improve the health of the people of the world
- What did the ‘Slavery Committee’ of the League do?
- Tried to free all enslaved people
- What did the ‘Refugee Committee’ of the League do?
- tried to get refugees home, or into camps
- What was the job of the Secretariat’?
- To organise the work of the committees, and liaise between them
- Which two countries were involved in the Corfu dispute of 1923?
- Who was the leader of Italy?
- Which two countries were involved in the Bulgaria incident of 1925?
- How many prisoners of war did the League get home?
- In which country did the League set up a refugee camp?
- Which two diseases did the League try to destroy?
- How did the League try to say no to drugs?
- Closed down 4 Swiss drugs companies
- How many enslaved people did the League set free?
- Which two countries did the League send economics experts to?
- What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact promise in 1928?
- How did Britain and France make Germany pay reparations in 1921?
- What did the League try to arrange at its disarmament conference?
- All nations to reduce their weapons
- Why did the Disarmament Conference of 1931 fail?
- Hitler demanded equality with the other countries
- Which country broke the Treaty of Versailles by attacking Russia in 1920?
- What did the League’s ‘International Labour Organisation’ try to do?
- Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
- What was the ‘economic depression’ of the 1930s?
- Wall Street (the US Stock Market) crashed
- USA called in loans
- Factories closed down
- People out of work/ starved
- Why didn’t France and Britain try to force Japan to leave Manchuria?
- Did not want to go to war
- Which country did Italy invade in 1935?
- What did Britain and France secretly agree with Italy?
- to let Italy have Abyssinia
- What effect did the League’s failures in Manchuria and Abyssinia have?
- Destroyed confidence in it
- Many countries left
- List seven reasons the League failed.
- Weak
- America
- Structure/ organisation
- Dictators
- Unsuccessful
- Members
- 'Big Bullies'
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