Collapse of The League of Nations (CAT) Flashcards
1
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Who signed the Locarno treaties in 1925?
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- Gustav stresemann and Aristide Briand
- Germany and France
- it was later signed by Britain, Italy, belgium and Czechoslovakia as they agreed not to go to war on each other
2
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What are the terms in the Locarno treaties?
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- Germany would accept borders given by treaty of Versailles
* France and Germany would work together to settle disputes peacefully
3
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Why was the Locarno treaty significant for Germans?
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- it prevented them being invaded
- they had felt weak and vulnerable after the treaty of Versailles had been signed
- this gave them security
4
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When was the Kellogg Briand pact signed?
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1928
5
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What was the Kellogg Briand pact?
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- 65 countries met and signed an agreement to not use war as a way to solve disputes
- this agreement took place outside of the league
- individual countries acted which showed the league wasn’t necessarily in control
6
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When did the Rapallo treaty take place
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1922
7
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What happened in the Rapallo treaty?
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- Russia and Germany met to agree that Russia should have land returned from WW1
- they agreed to cooperate in the future
- again not organised by league
8
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When did the Washington arms conference take place?
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•1921-1922
9
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What happened in the Washington arms conference?
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- major countries met to discuss how big navies should be
- league not involved even though disarmament was a key aim for the league
- Britain France and Japan attended as separate countries which showed their priorities
10
Q
In 1933 how many Americans were unemployed?
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15 million
11
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How did extreme parties make the most of the Wall Street crash?
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- Hitler offered simple solutions such as “freedom, bread, work” which appealed to many people
- in a dictatorship the government runs everything which means they were more likely to look after people such as the unemployed
- they promised to take land by force for space, food and resources
- they used promise of overseas war victories to distract people from their problems at home
- dictators found victims to blame for their problems
12
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How did the Great Depression affect the league?
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- the league has no army so required countries’ armies to fight for it
- Countries didn’t want to pay for the expense of war so there was little threat to dictators
- economic sanctions were useless as countries weren’t willing to stop trading with others
13
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When was the Manchurian crisis?
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1931
14
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How did Japan invade China?
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- the Japanese army staged the Mukden incident
- they set of a bomb on their own railway and used it to blame china
- they then saw this as a good reason to invade China
- they took over Manchuria and put Pu Yo in charge as a puppet ruler
15
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Why did japan want Manchuria?
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- Japan suffered in the Great Depression
- Manchuria has fertile farmland, industry and natural resources
- China were weakening
- people of Japan were desperate for Japan to be strong away so started supporting the army
