League of Nations

Question 1

Set up as part of the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 1

truly INTERNATIONAL organization which would MAINTAIN WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY by ACTING TOGETHER to PREVENT WAR

Question 2

Aims of the League

Answer 2

To promote international co-operation, peace and security by accepting an obligation not to go to war
To promote open, just and honorable relations between nations
To lay out a system of international law
To maintain, or help to modify, treaties between nations

Question 3

Aims of the League

Answer 3

To promote international co-operation, peace and security by accepting an obligation not to go to war
To promote open, just and honorable relations between nations
To lay out a system of international law
To maintain, or help to modify, treaties between nations

Question 4

Strengths of the League of Nations

Answer 4

Dealing with social issues such as the improvement of living and working conditions worldwide (through ILO)

Dealing with health issues – targeted the treatment of specific diseases (e.g. leprosy)

Set up commissions that improved living conditions in poorer countries

Question 5

Weaknesses of the League of Nations

Answer 5

Weakest at dealing with issues that nations saw as a threat to their security

Most members of the League were unwilling to put the security of their nations at risk in order to fulfill collective security

Attitudes to the League

Membership

Mandates

Difficulties in Resolving Disputes

Question 6

Dismantling of armies and the breaking up of weapons to be in the position of making war impossible

Answer 6

Disarmament?

Question 7

Inflation

Answer 7

is a rise in prices relative to money available. In other words, you can get less for your money than you used to be able to get.

Answer 8

Became Chancellor of Germany in 1923

Replaced the German mark with the Rentenmark and reduced government spending

Improved relations with Germany’s enemies (e.g. Treaty of Locarno)

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929

Question 9

Became Chancellor of Germany in 1923

Replaced the German mark with the Rentenmark and reduced government spending

Improved relations with Germany’s enemies (e.g. Treaty of Locarno)

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929

Answer 9

Gustav Stresseman