League of Nations

Question 1

Why was the League of Nations established?

Answer 1

to prevent another war
to allow countries to talk about their conflicts
an international organisation that would enforce terms of the peace treaties
so USA didn’t act like an international policeman
Compromise with Britain and France in return for creation of league

Question 2

What were the aims of the League of Nations?

Answer 2

establish long lasting peace
countries to co-operate in trade
disarmament of all countries
encourage better working conditions

Question 3

Who were the leaders of the League?

Answer 3

Britain
France
Italy
Japan

Question 4

Which countries were not part of the League?

Answer 4

USSR
USA
Germany

Question 5

Why wasn’t USSR part of the League?

Answer 5

The league didn’t want the communism to be an influence to the League

Question 6

Why wasn’t Germany part of the League?

Answer 6

The Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from joining the League as it had proven itself to be a not peaceful country

Question 7

Why wasn’t USA in the League?

Answer 7

USA wasn’t in the League because Congress didn’t want to involve itself in European conflicts as well as they didn’t want to pay for the conflicts and their problems either. Also, ,German immigrants that lived in the USA disagreed with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which also meant the League of Nations.

Question 8

Why was the absence of the USSR and Germany a potential problem to the League?

Answer 8

future aggressors
heightened animosity
they could recover themselves and reclaim territory and build their army
USSR had many resources and therefore couldn’t trade with anyone as it was not part of the League
USSR could spread communism
Germany and USSR could join together without the League noticing.

Question 9

Why was the absence of the USA a problem for the League of Nations?

Answer 9

USA had the most power to enforce anything
European countries were damaged economically after WW1
USA had the most resources
USA had the strongest economy
USA had the largest military allowing to enforce in military sanctions

Question 10

How was the Secretariat organised?

Answer 10

the performed all the administrative and financial work

Question 11

How was the Assembly organised?

Answer 11

met once a year
each member had one vote
elected non- permanent members for the league
had to be unanimous

Question 12

What is unanimous?

Answer 12

agreement of all people

Question 13

How as the council organised?

Answer 13

Met 5 times a year
had permanent and non-permanent members
permanent members had VETO

Question 14

What was VETO?

Answer 14

Veto was a vote used to stop the council acting. It was used only by the permanent members.

Question 15

When did Germany join?

Answer 15

1926

Question 16

When did Japan leave?

Answer 16

1933

Question 17

When did USSR join?

Answer 17

1934

Question 18

Why were people optimistic about eh League?

Answer 18

to solve international problems
to avoid another war
a better trading system meant better economies
improve living and working conditions of people

Question 19

What were the military sanction?

Answer 19

sends an army to go against an aggressor

Question 20

What were the moral sanctions?

Answer 20

To decide which country was the aggressor and which country was to be blamed for

Question 21

What were economic sanctions?

Answer 21

refuse to trade with aggressor

fine the aggressor

Question 22

What is collective security?

Answer 22

All countries armies should come together if one of the countries from the League of Nations was attacked

Question 23

What happened in Aaland Islands?

Answer 23

1921
conflict between Finland and Sweden
belonged to Finland but the citizens wanted to be rules by Sweden
They asked the league for help
It remained for Finland but no weapons were kept there

Question 24

What happened in Upper Silesia?

Answer 24

1921
People had a vote whether they wanted to stay for Poland or Germany
700000 for Germany
500,000 for Poland
They asked the League for help
They split Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland

Question 25

What happened in Memel?

Answer 25

1923 Memel is a port in Lithuania People thought it should be Lithuanian but the Treaty of Versailles put it under the League's control The League intervened and gave the surrounding area to Lithuania and left Memel to be an international port

Question 26

What happened in Greece v Bulgaria?

Answer 26

``` 1925 Bulgaria killed Greek soldier Greek army invaded Bulgaria asked for help League sent experts to see the conflict and ended up fining Greece 45,000 pounds ```

Question 27

What happened in Fiume?

Answer 27

1919 Italians thought that the big three broke their promise when they captured the port of Fiume it was given to Yugoslavia It was governed by Italian nationalist Antonio D'annunzio the italian government bombed fiume until they surrendered The League did nothing

Question 28

What happened in Vilna?

Answer 28

1920 Vilna was the capital of Lithuania after WW1 30% were from Poland and 2% were from Lithuania the poles seized Vilna Lithuania asked for help However the use of force by the Poles won

Question 29

What happened between Russia and Poland?

Answer 29

1920 to 1921 1920 Poland invaded Russia The Russians had the sign the Treaty of Riga Russians gave 80,000 km of land to Poland Poland doubled in size The League did nothing

Question 30

What happened in Corfu?

Answer 30

``` 1923 Italy and Albania Five Italians were shot by the Greeks Italians bombed the coastline of Corfu Greece asked for help but Benito Mussolini persuaded the League to fine Greece 50 million lire ```

Question 31

What did the Refugee Committee do?

Answer 31

they took prisoners back to their home Gave them housing Stomped out small pox and cholera 400,000 prisoners were helped

Question 32

What did the ILO committee do?

Answer 32

International Labor Organisation banned poisonous white lead from paint limited the hours that children were allowed to work 48 hour week maximum for adults

Question 33

What did the World Health Committee do?

Answer 33

treated leprosy extermination of mosquitoes to prevent malaria and yellow fever gave advice on how to stop the plague

Question 34

What did the Transport Committee do?

Answer 34

recommendations on making shipping lanes | produced high code for users

Question 35

What did the Social committee do?

Answer 35

blacklisted people in illegal drug trade freed 200,000 slaves raids against slave owners challenged forced labor in Africa from 50% to 4% Kept records of drug trafficking, prostitution and slavery

Question 36

What did the mandates committee do?

Answer 36

Colonies of Germany and the Turkish Empire were given to Britain and France Made sure that they acted on the interest of others

Question 37

What did the slavery committee do?

Answer 37

Stamp out exploitation practices forcing women and children into prostitution

Question 38

Why did the USA not join?

Answer 38

German immigrants disagreed on the Treaty of Versailles which was linked to The League Business leaders were pro isolationalism- worried about economic cost did not want to send US troops over to settle conflicts after they saw what happened at WW1 They were anti-French and anti-British and did not want to support empires The Republicans won a landslide victory in 1920 election