League of Nations Flashcards
Why did America not want to join League? [4]
1)German ancestors hated ToV
2)Sanctions might affect American trade and buisinesses
3)Feared had to send soldiers to every conflict, didn’t want casualties
4)Anti-empires, feared League will be dominated by B&F, did not want to help defend their empires
When was Wilson defeated?
1919
When did Wilson try again? Defeated by how many votes? What happened to him?
March 1920, 49 to 35, fell ill
Democrats defeated by whom?
isolationist Republican Warren Harding, won by landslide
aims of league (ACDC)
…and more [7]
discourage AGGRESSION
encourage COOPERATION
encourage DISARMAMENT
improve living and working CONDITIONS
uphold ToV
resolve disputes peacefully
encourage collective security
League’s steps when country shows aggression [4]
arbitration
moral condemnation
sanctions
collective security
How many members by 1930s?
58
Assembly [8]
unanimous voting
met once per year
representative from every country
controlled League’s budget
elected judges of permanent court
recommend action to council
voted on admitting new members
voted on election of temporary members of council
Council [5]
dealt with emergencies
resolved disputes by arbitration->…
supervised work of commisions
permanent members had veto
temporary members elected by assembly for 3 years periods
Secretariat [4]
kept records of meetings
civil service for members
prepared reports
brought together experts globally on key issues
Court [5]
based in Hague, Netherlands
could make decisions on border disputes when asked
settled disputes peacefully
made of judges from member countries
could pass any law
Refugees [3]
1922 turkey refugee crisis set up camps and fought cholera, smallpox and dysentry
425000 refugees returned to homes
450000 nansen passports issued
ILO [4]
banned poisonous white lead from paints
48 hour week, 8 hour day
aimed to improve working condions all over world
limited hours small children allowed to work
Health [5]
set up institutes in Denmark, London and Singapore to develop vaccines
reduced spread of malaria and yellow fever
prevented typhoid epidemic in USSR
worked well with non league countries
one of the most successful, became WHO
Slavery [3]
freed 200000 slaves in Sierra-Leone, abolished slavery there in 1927
organised raids against slave owners in Burma
reduced death rate in Tanganyika railway from 50% to 4%
Economic commisions [3]
1922 rescue plan for Austrian economy
Dawe’s plan
reduced tension by increasing trade
Aaaland Islands [4]
1921 finland and sweden
finland and sweden both claim islands
sweden accepts league’s ruling that islands belong to finland
as safeguard, no military personnel located there
