League of Nations

Question 1

When was the Paris Peace Conference

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

What was signed during the Paris Peace Conference

Answer 2

The Treaty of Versailles

Question 3

When was the Locarno Treaty signed

Answer 3

1925

Question 4

When did Germany join the League of Nations

Answer 4

1926

Question 5

When was the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed?

Answer 5

1928

Question 6

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact about?

Answer 6

An agreement by most nations not to go to war to settle international disputes

Question 7

When was the Wall Street Crash

Answer 7

October 1929

Question 8

When was the Manchurian Crisis

Answer 8

1931-1933

Question 9

When did Japan leave the League of Nations?

Answer 9

1933

Question 10

When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany

Answer 10

February 1933

Question 11

When did Germany leave the League of Nations

Answer 11

October 1933

Question 12

When did Germany begin rearming

Answer 12

1933

Question 13

When was the Abyssinian Crisis

Answer 13

1935 - 1936

Question 14

When did German troops enter the Rhineland

Answer 14

March 1936

Question 15

When did Italy leave the League of Nations

Answer 15

1937

Question 16

When was the Munich Agreement

Answer 16

1938

Question 17

When did Hitler invade Poland

Answer 17

1st September 1939

Question 18

When did Britain declare war on Germany

Answer 18

3rd September 1939

Question 19

How many Articles was the League of Nations based on

Answer 19

26

Question 20

What did Article 10 say

Answer 20

Basically meant collective security. By acting together collectively, they wouldd protect the security of all members whether large or small

Question 21

How many countries were in the League of Nations at the start

Answer 21

42

Question 22

How many countries were in the League of Nations by the 1930s

Answer 22

59

Question 23

When did the USSR join the League of Nations

Answer 23

1934

Question 24

How many times did the Council usually meet

Answer 24

usually 5x a year and in case of emergency

Question 25

How long were the temporary members elected for

Answer 25

3 years

Question 26

How many temporary members were in the council

Answer 26

4 - 9 at different points in the league’s history

Question 27

Who permanent members on the council

Answer 27

Italy, Japan, France and Britain

Question 28

what was the covenant of the League of Nations and what was its main aim

Answer 28

The name chosen by President WW to describe the constitution of the LON. It had 26 articles which laid out the structure, rules, procedures and functions of the league

It’s main aim was to preserve world peace
- it also attempted to promote international co-operation

Key point: does the fact that the LON failed on it’s main purpose to prevent war make it a total failure?

Question 29

List the 3 key ‘organs’ of the LON

Answer 29

The secretariat
The Assembly
The council

Question 30

Describe the role of the secretariat

Answer 30

The civil service of the League
Performed all the administrative and financial work such as:
- organising conferences
- distributing agendas
- monitoring budgets 
- publishing reports etc.

Question 31

describe the role of the assembly

Answer 31

• met once a year
• every member of the league had one vote
• considered matters of general policy
• controlled the league’s budget
• admitted new members
• elected non-permanent members to the council

Question 32

describe the role of the council

Answer 32

• executive body of the council
• met 4-5x a year and in times of crisis
• had permanent and non-permanent members
• permanent members: GB, FR, IT, JP (+GER from 1926)
• had 4 non-permanent members (increased to 11 in 1936)

Question 33

which 2 organisations were largely independent but closely associated with the LON?

Answer 33

Permanent court of International Justice

International Labor Organisation