League Of Nations

Question 1

The structure of the assembly

Answer 1

They met once a year, every country had one vote which meant come to anonymous decision. 🙂
However can be over ruled by the council. 😕

Question 2

Structure of the council

Answer 2

Veto meant to solve disputes between members not for personal interest (Italy🇮🇹)
Permanent members (Britain🇬🇧,France🇫🇷,Italy🇮🇹,Japan🇯🇵)
Mets few times a year to deal with emergencies

Question 3

What where the powers of the council

Answer 3

Moral condemnation
Economic and social sanctions
Armed intervention - collective security never happened
Veto

Question 4

Success of the LofN

Answer 4

Prisoners of war returned home (1920)
Asland islands (1921)
Austria 🇦🇹 (1923)
Bulgaria 🇧🇬 (1925)
Slave trade (1926)
Drugs- opium was stopped (1926)
Disease leprosy was conquered (1929)

Question 5

Failures of the league (9)

Answer 5

Vilna (1920)
Poland 🇵🇱 (1921)
Corfu (1923)
Memel (1923)
Ruhr (1923)
Disarmament (1923 + 1932)
Manchuria 
Abyssinia 
USA did not join

Question 6

What happened in Manchuria

Answer 6

Japan invaded Manchuria using a disturbance in Mukden railway. Manchuria asked for help and LofN produced Lytton’s report a year later showing japan in the wrong it used it veto then left and the League did nothing.

Question 7

Why did Manchuria happen

Answer 7

Japan was affected by the depression and could not feed its growing population meaning it need more land.
Military regime so they wanted war instead they invaded Manchuria and set up their own government

Question 8

What happens in Abyssinia

Answer 8

Italy invaded Abyssinia after seeing Japan succeed with no consequences. The league imposed economic sanction on Italy but didn’t oil since America not in league also didn’t close the Suez Canal so supplies got through. Italy conquered Abyssinia in 1936.😱

Question 9

Why did Abyssinia happen

Answer 9

Mussolini wanted revenge, greater empire, well positioned for him to extend East African empire, Italy in depression and rearmed.

Question 10

What happened in Corfu and when

Answer 10

In 1923 some Italians where shot by Greeks and Mussolini overreacted and hated a great compensation, Greeks refused. League sided with the Greeks - Italy used veto and bombed + captured Corfu.

Question 11

What is the biggest failure of the league from the beginning

Answer 11

USA didn’t join weakened the league- ‘gab in the bridge’ cartoon.
missed out on powerful country support army wise particularly

Question 12

What was moral condemnation

Answer 12

Pressure, shame,criticism and ridicule

Question 13

What is economic and social sanctions?

Answer 13

Stop selling a country various things or buying things from them

Question 14

What is Armed intervention?

Answer 14

League members would contribute to a large Army/Navy to fight against a rule breaker

Question 15

What was the role of the secretariat

Answer 15

Organised, translated and kept all the members informed. It organised reports and committees 📄

Question 16

Why did disarmament fail?

Answer 16

Europe couldn’t do it cause was step to far and not straight forward. Not easy and hard. ⚱️

Question 17

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 17

Was American idea to fund German industry so that Germany could pay back their reparations to France and Britain. So the Ruhr would no longer be occupied.

Question 18

The Locarno treaty was a agreement was between?

Answer 18

France, GB, Italy, Germany

Question 19

Wilson’s 14 points aims

Answer 19

To bring peace to the world

Question 20

Name 4 of the fourteen points?

Answer 20

• There should be no secret deals or treaties between states
• Countries should be free to send ships anywhere
• Should be free trade between countries
• level of armaments should be reduced
• future of colonies should be revised and wishes of locals considered

Question 21

Treaty of Versailles is

Answer 21

Germany - only country with war guilt, Armaments reduction were 80% of navy also demilitarised

Question 22

Treaty of saint Germain

Answer 22

Austria - Armaments reduction were no navy and 30,000 volunteers also no conscription, Reparations they agreed but never set also were bankrupt before paying, territorial losses were country lost slices of territory for new country’s biggest countries reduced, allowed in LofN in 1920.

Question 23

Treaty of Trianon

Answer 23

Hungary - Armaments reduction 35,500 volunteers with 3 boats land locked and no conscription, Reparations 200 million gold crowns also could not pay was suspended, Territorial losses were Austria Hungary empire was dismantled also 30% Hungarian now live outside their country and were allowed to join LofN in 1923.

Question 24

Treaty of Neiully

Answer 24

Bulgaria - Armed reduction where 20,000 volunteers only and no Air Force also no conscription, Reparations where 2.25 billion francs but they only payed 90 million.

Question 25

Treaty of sevres

Answer 25

Turkey - Armaments reduction is 50,000 soldiers and 7 sailboats, no reparations, territorial losses the Turkish empire dismantled also allowed in LofN in 1932.

Question 26

Brest Litovsk

Answer 26

Russia - had to pay 6 billion also territorial losses of 6.6 million people, 27% farm land also 74% iron + coal.

Question 27

Who were the winners of LofN

Answer 27

Poland
Czechoslovakia 
Yugoslavia
Romania 
Little entente

Question 28

Poland why a winner

Answer 28

Re-emerged as a country and comes close to France. LofN member so it can militarise also fought against Russia in 1920 to secure freedom. Part of little entente also contained many different ethics from vary of country’s had gained land from.

Question 29

Czechoslovakia is winner why

Answer 29

Formed out of the collapse of A-H empire. LofN member can militarise also Czechoslovakia was close to France, multi ethnic country.

Question 30

Yugoslavia winner …

Answer 30

Formed out of collapse of A-H empire, LofN member can militarise also close to France part of little entente.

Question 31

Romania is winner cause

Answer 31

Formed out of the collapse of A-H empire. LofN member can militarise and part of the little entente close to France.

Question 32

Little entente

Answer 32

After WW1 France encouraged newly formed independent countries to form military alliance. Protect each other against Hungary + Austria, France used it against Germany. Britain still followed appeasement so didn’t join.