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How was the league structured?

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The assembly, the council, the secretariat and the court of international justice

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What was the assembly’s job?

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  1. Debating chamber for all members

2. Vote on new members, budget, non-permanent council members

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Who were the permanent council members in 1930?

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GB, France, Italy, Germany, Japan

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What did the secretariat do?

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  1. Administrative jobs

2. Prepared reports and meetings

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What were the four main target areas for the secretariat?

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  1. Health
  2. Armaments
  3. Social questions and drugs
  4. Economic and financial
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What was the role of the permanent court?

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  1. Deciding party where requested
  2. Advice when asked
  3. Interpreted treaties and conventions
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What were the four main aims set out in the covenant?

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  1. Discourage aggression
  2. Encourage international cooperation
  3. Encourage disarmament
  4. Improve living and working conditions
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What was Article 10?

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“Preserve against external aggression the territory and existing independence of all members”

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What were the main issues with membership?

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  1. GB and France were the leading powers (weakened by ww1)
  2. USA favoured isolationism
  3. Red Russia wasn’t allowed to join
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when was the Corfu Incident?

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1923

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who was killed before the Corfu incident and what was he doing?

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General Tellini was supervising the Albanian-Greek border post war

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who were the Conference of Ambassadors?

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a council of the winning powers of WW1- Britain, France, Italy and Japan

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why was the League undermined after Corfu?

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  1. the conference took over the case and made the treaty v. biased towards the large powers
  2. showed the League could be bullied by the main European powers
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Why was the Corfu incident a success?

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  1. It prevented an all out war

2. The league itself acted promptly and fairly

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What was the initial solution to the Corfu incident?

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The Greeks would pay 50 million lire into a Swiss bank as compensation to await the result of the investigation.

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Which was the only nation to reject the League’s initial solution?

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What did the league do when Poland took the Lithuanian capital Vilna? What year was this?

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Nothing as GB and France weren’t willing to act

1920

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When the poles and Germans argued over upper Silesia, what was the League’s solution?
When was this?

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They oversaw a peaceful plebiscite which was accepted by both countries
1921

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What did the league do to resolve the Aaland islands dispute between Finland and Sweden?
When?

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The League ruled that the islands should go to Finland. Sweden accepted their decision
1921

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When was the Bulgaria incident?

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October 1925

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What caused Greek troops to invade?

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There was an incident on the border in which some Greek troops were killed

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What did the league rule?

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  1. Both sides stand down
  2. Greek withdrawal
  3. The league’s investigators judged in favour of the Bulgarians
  4. Greece had to pay £45,000
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Why was the Bulgaria incident a success for the League?

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  1. Peaceful solution
  2. League appeared effective
  3. Did what it had promised
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Why was the Bulgaria incident seen as a failure/not a success?

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  1. The Greeks complained that the league seemed to treat big nations differently(Italy)
  2. Wasn’t the effectiveness of the league but just that the big powers agreed
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What three things did the Locarno treaties state?
1. Germany promised with France and Belgium never to go to war 2. In the future Germany's Versailles birders could be readjusted by negotiation. France would have to be consulted 3. French alliances with Poland and Czechoslovakia
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Why was France pleased with the Locarno treaties?
1. It locked Britain into a promise of help 2. Could maintain its alliances in Europe. 3. Reparations were still being paid
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Why was Germany pleased with Locarno?
1. Would prevent another occupation if the Ruhr 2. Avoided being isolated from Europe. 3. Was able to negotiate for eastern territories 4. Step towards League membership
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Why was Britain pleased with Locarno?
1. Calmed Franco-German hostilities: world peace 2. It justified the conservatives' decision no to sign the Geneva protocol. 3. By lowering hostilities, Britain could cut back on military spending
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What effect did the depression have in the League?
1. US loans dried up 2. Tariffs made trade even harder 3. Many countries started to rearm to create jobs and boost the industry 4. Others rearmed out of fear. 5. The main countries became unwilling to solve crises due to their own economic problems.
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What happened in Manchuria?
1. The Japanese-owned south Manchuria railway was allegedly attached by the Chinese. 2. Japan invaded and set up a government. 3. China appealed to the league. 4. The league took a year to publish their report. 5. In Feb 1933 Japan said it would invade further. The league voted against Japan 6. Japan resigned in march.
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Why was Manchuria seen as a failure for the League?
1. The league couldn't actually stop big events from happening. 2. Pointed out that strong nations could do as they pleased. 3. Only the USA and the USSR could have stopped it and they weren't members.
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What happened in Abyssinia? Part 1
1. Benito wanted to expand his empire. 2. December 1934 there was a military dispute 3. The Italian army prepared for war and the Abyssinians appealed for help. 4. For most of 1935 Mussolini was negotiating with the league while shopping his army to Africa. 5. Neither side was found guilty of starting the war and the League tried to give Mussolini part of abyssina. He refused.
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What happened in Abyssinia? Part 2
1. October 1935 Benito invades 2. The League set up a committee for sanctions 3. Took over two months to decide(bad) 4. Feared economic fallout 5. Didn't shut the Suez Canal to Italian ships.
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What was the Hoare-Laval pact? | When was it?
1. December 1935 2. Give Mussolini 2/3 of Abyssinia to stop 3. Laval said if the British didn't agree then France wouldn't support sanctions 4. The plan was leaked to the press
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Why was the Hoare-Laval pact bad?
1. Slowed down sanctions. 2. The committee took too long 3. The Americans actually increased oil exports to Italy in disgust 4. May 1936 Mussolini annexed the country
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When was the Disarmament Conference established?
February 1932
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Why did the resolutions of the Disarmament Conference fail?
It banned things but not the tools I.e banned bombing of civilians but not bomber planes
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what were the league's commissions?
1. Mandates-welfare of ethnic groups in confiscated colonies 2. Refugees-resettlement 3. Slavery-abolition of slavery 4. Health-disease prevention and education

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