League of Nations Flashcards
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Success of Internation Labour organisation
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- Improved health and safety
- banning poisonous white lead paint and limited hours
- Introduction of an eight- hour day and 38 hour week
2
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The success of Refugees committee
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- Helped 425,000 displaced people return to their homes
- helped to stamp out diseases such as cholera in refugee camps
3
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Success of the Health Committee
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- SPread good medical practices and helped introduced vaccines for disease like malaria.
- It became the world health organisation in 1945
4
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The success of Slavery commission
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- Freed 200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone and organised raids against slave traders in Burma
5
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Success of Economic and Financial Organisation
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- Financial reconstruction in Austria and Hungary (1922 and 1923).
6
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Success of Disarmament
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- Washington Naval Conference, 1921 limited the navies of France, Britain, Japan and the USA.
- Locarno treaty 1925 saw Germany accept its western borders, as set out in the Treaty of Versailles
7
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Failure of the International Labour organisation
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- It lacked funds to implement the changes and members refused to adopt the changes.
8
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Failures of the Refugee committee
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- It was plagued by a constant lack of funds
9
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Failure of the Health Committee
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- None
10
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Failures of the Slavery Commission
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- It did not succeed in ending white slave traffic
11
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Failures of the Economic and Financial Organisation
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- The word was cut short by the Depression of the 1930s
12
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Failures of the Disarmament committee
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- The league’s reputation was damaged as Germany was the only country to be forced to Disarm.
- Disarmament conference was not held until 1932
13
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What was the rating on Aaland Islands, 1921
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Rating: Solid Success
14
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What was the rating on Upper Silesia
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Rating: Solid Success
15
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What was the raing of the Ruhr
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Rating: Floppy Failure
