league of nations

Question 1

aims of the league

Answer 1

• discourage aggression
• encourage countries to cooperate
• encourage disarmament
• improve living and working conditions

Question 2

organisation

Answer 2

assembly - parliament where every country sent a representative once a year and made decisions
council - small group met more often. permanent and temporary members. permanent members had a veto that could block actions

Question 3

corfu 1923

Answer 3

• greece and albania
• tellini was ambushed so mussolini bombed corfu and blamed the greeks
• Greece appealed
• mussolini’s actions were condemned
• mussolini threatened to leave the league
• britain was prepared to send military to force mussolini out
• french backed the italians as their forces were weak
• they claimed mussolini’s actions were not acts of war
• greeks were ordered to apologise and pay compensation when mussolini withdrew

Question 4

bulgaria 1925

Answer 4

• greeks invaded bulgaria after an incident
• bulgaria appealed
• league demanded for the forces to be put down
• both britain and france backed up the league
• greece had to pay compensation and sanctions were threatened.
• this was a success for LON

Question 5

league actions to living conditions

Answer 5

• stamped out diseases like cholera and smallpox funds were short
• banned poisonous lead from paint and limited working hours but people refused as it would cost too much. lack of power
• sponsored research to create vaccines and fight diseases this was successful
• freed slaves and raided slave owners

Question 6

when did germany join the league

Answer 6

1926

Question 7

manchuria crisis 1931

Answer 7

• japan wanted to expand and build an empire
• depression hit hard tariffs were put against them
• incident happened in manchuria so it was used as an excuse
• japan attacked manchuria. china appealed
• 1 year later the league decided manchuria should be returned to china
• 1933 japan invaded again
• japan removed itself from the league and continued to invade
• league was powerless

Question 8

abyssinia 1935

Answer 8

• mussolini wanted abyssinia
• in 1934 there was a dispute
• abyssinia appealed to the league
• the league failed to take it seriously as britain and france wanted good relations with italy
• league made a plan to give part of abyssinia to italy, mussolini declined
• 1935 mussolini made a full scale invasion.
• sanctions were put up for italy
• they didn’t work and when hitler marched into rhineland they gave abyssinia to mussolini
• this was a disaster for world peace

Question 9

hoare laval pact

Answer 9

this was a secret plan to give mussolini 2/3 of abyssinia