Chapter 4, The league of nations Flashcards
What were the aims of the league (4)
- collective security
- encourage disarmament
- improve living quality and work conditions
- tackle deadly diseases
what is collective security
countries collaborating to prevent war
How many countries initially joined
42
how many countries had joined by 1934
58
which counties were permanent members of the council (4)
- Britain
- france
- italy
- Japan
how did they deal with aggression
through the covenant
what methods did the covenant include (4)
- mitigation
- moral condemnation
- economic sanctions
- military force
what does mitigation mean
getting a country to talk
what was the structure of the league (1,3,1)
assembly
the council, the permanent court of international justice, the secretariat
the special commissions
what were the assembly
an international Parliament where each member state would meet once a year to vote on issues.
what were the council
a meeting more often than the assembly consisting of the main four and four others voted in. they could veto assembly decisions
what was the permanent court of international justice
an international court of law that could merely give hearings and non compulsory advice
what was the secretariat
administration
what were the special commissions
special groups formed to tackle specific issues
What were the international labour organisation
they wanted to improve working conditions
what was the commission for refugees
wanted to help people who had lost their homes due to war with camps or new homes
what was the slavery commission
wanted to end slavery
what was the economic and financial committee
wanted to improve living conditions
what was the organisation for communications and transport
wanted to improve how countries worked together
what was the health organisation
wanted to cure diseases
what was the permanent central narcotics board
wanted to tackle the trade of illegal drugs
what were all the leagues special commissions (7)
- International labour organisation
- commission for refugees
- slavery commission
- economic and financial committee
- organisation for communications and transport
- health organisation
- permanent central narcotics board
was the aaland Islands a success
yes
what was the aaland Islands incident
sweden and finland fighting over the islands which was settled when the league gave them to Finland and forbade the construction of forts
was upper silesia a success
yes and no
what happened in Upper silesia
there was a plebiscite over who would own it
germans won by 60% but Poland complained and the league split it according to how areas voted
poland was mad because it got a third of the land and half the population
Germany was mad because Poland got most of the industrial land
both grudgingly accepted
was vilna a success
no
what happened in the vilna incident
the capital of Lithuania had many polish people so Poland invaded
the league did nothing to help as poland were seen as a strong ally against Germany
was corfu a success
no
what happened in the corfu incident
an Italian general and his team murdered while surveying land in Greece
mussolini invaded after demanding compensation even tho Greece had no idea who did it
the league condemned mussolini so he went to the conference of ambassadors and greece was forced to apologise and pay compensation
was Bulgaria a success
no and yes
what happened in the Bulgaria incident
greek troops were killed on the Bulgarian boarder soldiers Greece invaded
the leagues forced them to withdraw and pay compensation
