conflict and tension

Question 1

Aims of LON

Answer 1

• disarmament
• improvement of living and working conditions
• stop slavery
• improve world health
• enforce TOV
• make sure war doesn’t break out

Question 2

Woodrow Wilson’s view on TOV (America)

Answer 2

his idea, loved it, making new alliances and improve trade, However America hated it and wanted to become independent. It was part of his 14 points

Question 3

Lloyd george (uk)

Answer 3

didn’t mind it, wanted it at a smaller scale, only to band together at war, liked the idea of trading more, growing the empire

Question 4

Clemenceau (France)

Answer 4

He hated it, wanted a league to solely protect France, scared of Germany and wanted more protection.

Question 5

When was the LON founded

Answer 5

10th of January 1920, met 5 days later

Question 6

Who had the most control in the LON

Answer 6

Members on the council
- France
- UK
- Italy
- Japan
- ( Germany, and the soviet union later )

Question 7

Aaland islands

Answer 7

1920 - Finland, Sweden,
Both laid claims to an island
went to Finland, but no military kept on the island
FAIR

Question 8

Vilna

Answer 8

1920 - Poland, lithuania
polish troops stormed Vilna (capital city )
Poland was allowed to stay there
UNFAIR

Question 9

Upper Silesia

Answer 9

1921 - Poland ,Germany
both countries wanted upper Silesia
Germany gain 2/3 of the poorer parts
Poland gained 1/3 of the richer parts
FAIR

Question 10

Corfu

Answer 10

1923 - Italy, Greece
An italian was killed on Greek territory, so they bombed Greece, and Greece fought back
Greece was deemed guilty and was forced to pay reparations, and Italy abused power and made them apologise
UNFAIR

Question 11

Stray dog

Answer 11

1925 - Bulgaria, greece
a greek chased his dog into bulgarian territory, and was shot, so greece bombed Bulgaria nd bulgaria fought back.
Greece had to pay reparations
UNFAIR

Question 12

Abyssinian LON fail

Answer 12

Italy invaded Abyssinia in 1936, for empirical, mood boosting and revenge reasons.
France and britain signed a Hoare-Laval pact to give italy the best parts of Abyssinia.
The LON was undermined, and the public found out, and credibility was lost

Question 13

Hitlers beliefs

Answer 13

M - make Germany great again
A - anschluss (reuniting Germany and Austria)
R - rearm Germany
V - destroy TOV
E - end communism
L - lebensraum (living space)

Question 14

Kellogg - briand pact

Answer 14

65 nations (including Germany) agree not to go to war

Question 15

TOV territorial consequences

Answer 15

• 13% land loss
• all colonies were shared with the allies
• saar coalfields were given to france (loss of income)

Question 16

TOV Militarian consequences

Answer 16

• army reduced to 100,000 men
• no airforce, or submarines
• 6 battleships
• no occupation of the rhineland

Question 17

TOV reparations and guilt

Answer 17

had to pay £6.6 billion pounds to the big three for reparations
must accept blame for WW1 due to article 231

Question 18

Repercussions of going against the LON

Answer 18

• moral condemnation
• economic sanctions = trading with that country would stop , wouldn’t work as USA could fill the gap.
• discussion and appeasement
• NO ARMY TO FIGHT

Question 19

Manchurian crisis

Answer 19

a region which China owned, but then the Japanese created an explosion at the railway claimed that the chinese had attacked them and declared war and took over Manchuria. The Lon sent over a man which made an inquiry and wrote a report called the Lytton report,a d declared Japan was in the wrong. However the Japan ignored this and then left the LON.

Question 20

Reasons why LON was bound to fail

Answer 20

• no army or sanctions
• depression = dictators
• loss of trust in government
• Undermining of the League from Britain and France
• USA didn’t join
• votes had to be unanimous

Question 21

Locarno treaty

Answer 21

Between france and germany and reinforced borders

Question 22

success’s of the LON

Answer 22

• created the World Health organisation
• built the foundations to a way of stopping conflict
• educated people all over about typhus
• Helped Austria and Hungary post war to make sure they didn’t collapse
• abolished slavery in sierra leone
• 77 countries set a minimum wage

Question 23

nazi-soviet pact

Answer 23

a pact signed in 1939 August, between ussr and Germany, ussr was worried about Germanys rise.
Allowed for the invasion of Poland.