League Of Nations - 1930's

Question 0

What year was Manchuria?

Answer 0

1931

Question 1

List 5 reasons that made the LON an impossible task…

Answer 1

• USA wasn’t in the LON
• LON only had SOME nations in it
• GB and FR put their empires first
• LON has to continued with T of V
• slow to react with no army

Question 2

What countries were involved with Manchuria?

Answer 2

JAPAN occupied CHINESE province Manchuria

Question 3

What did the Japanese use as an excuse for taking over Manchuria?

Answer 3

Mockton incident

Question 4

Who asked the LON for help in Manchuria? (Which country?)

Answer 4

China

Question 5

Why did Japan want to take over Manchuria?

Answer 5

• Japan had suffered depression

- needed markets for products and raw materials

Question 6

Who was asked from the LON to write a report on Manchuria and when did the report get done? (Name and date)

Answer 6

Lord Lytton and it was finished in 1932 (a year after the incident).

Question 7

What two main things did the report of Manchuria say?

Answer 7

• Manchuria = semi independent

- Japanese to withdraw

Question 8

What did Japan do after the report was released about Manchuria?

Answer 8

Japan left the LON

Question 9

How did the LON act in the Manchurian crisis?

Answer 9

Inaffectively

Question 10

What year was Abyssinia?

Answer 10

1935

Question 11

Who was Mussolini?

Answer 11

Italian emperor

Question 12

What country is Abyssinia?

Answer 12

Ethiopia

Question 13

Why did Mussolini want to invade Abyssinia?

Answer 13

There was a very humiliating event in 1898.

Question 14

When was the stresa pact signed?

Answer 14

April 1935

Question 15

When was the ballot by the LON?

Answer 15

1934-1935

Question 16

When did Mussolini reject the report of Wal Wal?

Answer 16

Sept 1935

Question 17

When was the leagues report of the Wal Wal incident?

Answer 17

Sept 1935

Question 18

When was the Italian invasion launched?

Answer 18

Oct 1935

Question 19

When was the hoare laval pact signed?

Answer 19

Dec 1935

Question 20

Describe the Hoare laval pact…

Answer 20

Went behind leagues back

GB and FR

Question 21

When did the League put economic sanctions into place?

Answer 21

Feb 1936

Question 22

Were the economic sanction by the LON in Abysinnia affective?

Answer 22

No didn’t include;
Oil, coal
Suez Canal wasn’t closed
Put into place after 6 weeks.

Question 23

When does Hitler march in Rhineland?

Answer 23

1936 march

Question 24

Why does hitler march into Rihneland?

Answer 24

He notices that the LON is week

Question 25

When does Italy capture Addis Ababa?

Answer 25

May 1936

Question 26

when is Haile Salasi forced into exile?

Answer 26

2 May

Question 27

When does Mussolini formerly take control of Abyssinia?

Answer 27

9 May

Question 28

When does Mussolini sign the Rome Berlin Axis?

Answer 28

Nov 1936

Question 29

In the Manchurian crisis, what happened in September 1931? (Railway...)

Answer 29

Japan claimed that Chinese forces had sabotaged the railway.

Question 30

What happened in the Manchurian crisis in feb 1932? (PG)

Answer 30

Set up puppet goverment.

Question 31

What happened in the Manchurian crisis later on in 1933?

Answer 31

Japanese aeroplanes and gunships bombed 1000's

Question 32

How did Japan justify their invasion in the Manchurian crisis?

Answer 32

Self defence | Settling local difficulty

Question 33

Why did the invasion take place in Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931? (2)

Answer 33

- to solve Japan's ECONOMIC PROBLEMS | - build a strong EMPIRE

Question 34

Why did the invasion take place in Italy's invasion of Abyssinia in 1935?(4)

Answer 34

- wanted an EMPIRE - gain RAW materials - distract from Italy's domestic ECONOMIC PROBLEMS. - REVENGE for 1896

Question 35

What were the reasons for their success in Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931? (2) (LON)

Answer 35

China in chaos - LON did not impose ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. - LON SLOW to act and took lord Lytton a year to produce a report

Question 36

What were the reasons for their success in Italy's invasion of Abyssinia in 1935? (2)

Answer 36

- Abyssinian TROOPS WERE WEAK Italians used tanks poison gas and bombs - LON only imposed LIMITED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS didn't include oil and didn't close Suez Canal

Question 37

What year did Japan invade Manchuria

Answer 37

1931

Question 38

Give the two reasons why Japan invaded Manchuria

Answer 38

- the collapse of the American market had put the Japanese economy in crisis - they wanted to build an empire

Question 39

What excuse did the Japanese give to invade Manchuria?

Answer 39

Chinese sabotaged the railway

Question 40

Who did the LON send to Manchuria to investigate?

Answer 40

Lord Lytton

Question 41

What was Japan's reaction to the leagues report

Answer 41

- Japan left the LON in 1932 | - carried on invading

Question 42

Why didn't the LON use all three if the powers available to it?

Answer 42

- key trading partners - USA is Japan's main trading partner - ports - no army

Question 43

What year did Mussolini invade Abyssinia?

Answer 43

1935

Question 44

Who was the Abyssinian leader?

Answer 44

Haile selassie

Question 45

What was the British foreign ministers surname at the time of the Abyssinian crisis?

Answer 45

Hoare

Question 46

What canal did the British not close and why was this important?

Answer 46

- suez canal | - quickest way to east Africa

Question 47

Which product did the LON not ban in their sanctions against Italy?

Answer 47

Coal

Question 48

What happened in Europe when the Abyssinian crisis was taking place?

Answer 48

Hitler marched his troops into Rhineland.

Question 49

State wether the quotes are Abyssinia or Manchuria: A fatal blow to the league... The beginning of the end of the LON...

Answer 49

Manchuria | Abyssinia