Key Terms Flashcards
Appeasement
Policy of pacifying an aggressor to avoid conflict
Mitigation
Bringing people or countries together to verbally solve problems or disputes
Council
LoN
Members of the League who met one a year to discuss international relations
Isolationist
The FP of not getting involved in foreign matters
e.g. America had an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 30s (absence in LoN, tariffs on imported goods etc)
Plebiscite
When everyone in the whole country (not just politicians) votes on something
e.g. Saar plebiscite 1935
Secretariat
LoN
Bureaucrats that implemented the decisions of the Assembly and Council
Hegemony
Power or dominance
Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871