LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Question 1

Who suggested the League of Nations?

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson

Question 2

What were the aims of the League of Nations?

Answer 2

• world peace

- world disarmament

Question 3

Where is the headquarters of the League of Nations situated?

Answer 3

Geneva Switzerland

Question 4

How many rules are in the convenant of the league?

Answer 4

26

Question 5

Who was not a member of the league and why?

Answer 5

• USA (decided to take a stance isolationism in order to avoid costly European wars)
• Germany (league was seen as a league of victors, as Germany had lost the war she was not invited)
• USSR (communist, britain did not want her communist influences affecting other members of the league)

Question 6

What was article 10 of the covenant and what did it mean?

Answer 6

• Collective Security

- All members would join together to force any aggressive country to stop threatening the peace.

Question 7

What are the 3 powers the league?

Answer 7

• moral condemnation (this would mean that the world opinion would be against this country)
• economic sanctions (all members of the league would stop trading with the agressive country)
• military force (the league would send an army of soldiers to combat the agressor)

Question 8

How many members didbthe league have initially and by the end?

Answer 8

• 42

- 59 by the end of the 1930s

Question 9

When did Germany join the league and what instigated her joining?

Answer 9

• 1926

- Locarno Treaty

Question 10

When did USSR join the league?

Answer 10

1934

Question 11

When did Germany, Japan and Italy leave the league?

Answer 11

Germany and Japan- 1933

Italy- 1937

Question 12

What were the 5 different parts of league?

Answer 12

❖The Assembly.
❖The Council.
❖The Permanent Court of International Justice.
❖The Secretariat.
❖The Special Commissions.

Question 13

How did USA not joining the league make economic sanctions ineffective?

Answer 13

USA didn’t join the league of nations therefore could still could pick up trades and continue them even if economic sanctions were put in place

Question 14

How did the League not having a permanent army make it weak?

Answer 14

The league had no permanent army, therefore had to rely on the goodwill of its member for volunteers.

Question 15

How did the unanimous decision rule make the league weak?

Answer 15

Emergency Decisions would take too long to make.