League of Nations Flashcards
What were the 3 underlying themes of Woodrow Wilsons 14 Points.
National Self Determination
-Anti Imperialism
-Freedom for peoples to form own state.
Free Trade + Open Diplomacy
-Open discussion on issues
-Free trade would increase dependence and communication.
Avoiding war in the future
-Addressing the causes of WW1 and eradicating them.
What was the treaty of St. Germain ? (1919)
-The breakup of Austria-Hungary
-Army limited to 30,000 men.
-Resulted in Austria loosing 60% of its territory.
-Prev gov being replaced with an republic
What was the treaty of Trianon ? ( 1920)
-Hungary decreasing in size and its land being given to new territory’s.
= Loss of 75% of its population and territory.
What was the treaty of Sevres ? (1920)
Non-turkish areas of the Ottoman Empire being lost.
Arab countries being under French/British mandates.
What did the League of Nations aim to do ?
-Collective Security
-International Cooperation
-Arbitration
-Open Diplomacy
What was collective security ?
Discouragement of aggression + Encouragement of disarment.
What was international cooperation ?
-Improvement of trade/living in all parts of the world
-Increased discussion between nations.
What was Arbitration ?
Settling of disputes democratically often with the help of a neutral party like court.
What is Open diplomacy ?
-An forum for international discussion + diplomacy Eg: The league of nations itself.
Well being and development of such peoples…
form a sacred trust of civilisations.
-Article 22 of the covenant of the League of Nations.
Their is certain moral ambiguity about…
the British and French
-Richard Overy 2016
Unless you introduce better..
health conditions into the world you will not be able to maintain peace.
-Extract from 1927 LON official document.
All but one…
hailed from states with colonial empires.
-2015 Susan Peduson
