League Of Nations

Question 1

Describe Agencies

Answer 1

Slavery - freed 200,000 slaves
Refugee - 400,000 returned to their homes
Health - worked to defeat leprosy and started campaign to eradicate mosquitos helping defeat malaria

Question 2

Weaknesses in structure

Answer 2

No army - hard to carry out sanctions
No GER USA RUS - worlds strongest countries not there (USA creates league)
League assembly met once a year - decisions had to be unanimous

Question 3

What methods were available to settle disputes

Answer 3

Members could refuse to trade with that country

They could use their army or join with other countries army’s to use military force

Question 4

Peacekeeping successes 1920s

Answer 4

20-21 : Åland islands to Finland
20 : Upper Silesia - GER vs POL
25 : Greece v Bulgaria : GRE invade, made to pay

Question 5

How did depression make work more difficult

Answer 5

1) Self interest in own economy meaning league ignored and crises such as Manchuria
2) Let people such as Hitler come to power

Question 6

Manchuria

Answer 6

1931-33: Japan invade China to expand empire. League wait a year to present report. Japan refuse and assembly votes against Japan. Japan leaves league

Question 7

Disarmament

Answer 7

1932-34: Germany complains that only it had to disarm. League couldn’t get anyone else to disarm - Germany leave league and openly rearm

Question 8

Abyssinia

Answer 8

1935-36: Italy invade Abyssinia, league can’t agree on anything whilst br and fr try to negotiate a secret treaty with Italy. League was seen as powerless