League of Nations- Failures Flashcards
what is MADE?
manchuria
abyssinia
disarmament
economic crisis
manchuria: info
summary: the japanese plant a bomb as an excuse to invade manchuria. manchuria seeks help from the LON, and japan eventually leaves the LON.
league launches the lytton comission in which lord lytton completed a report on manchuria. he decided that most people saw themselves as chinese in what was now manchukuo, a puppet state.
the league held a vote: 42 against 1. japan announced it was leaving the lon in march 1933.
manchuria: main cause
japan needed resources after TGD, so invades manchuria, which is rich in minerals, oil, coal, farmland and forestry
after the great depression, japanses leaders called for military expansion to strengthen the country
manchuria: effects on the league
they lose respect and a vital main council member
showed the world the LON could not keep peace
they failed to confront aggression, which hitler and mussolini saw and decided the league was weak
abyssinian crisis
italy invades abyssina to make a „new rome“; mussolini wants power and ignores the league, which does nothing
main cause of abyssinia
1: italy had been defeated by abyssinia in 1896
2: it had a good position in africa to add to italy‘s expanding empire
3: mussolini had seen japan get away with manchuria
4: mussolini wanted to make a new rome
effect on the league: abyssinia
- hitler sees he can do what he pleases: the league will not stop him
- league loses respect and trust
- mussolini and hitler agree to the rome berlin axis in 1936, and in 1937 italy joined japan and germany in the anti comintern pact
disarmament: info
the league want to meet in geneva to further discuss their disarmament plans
which treaties encouraged disarmament, but failed?
- washington naval conference (1921)
- (draft treaty) treaty of mutual assistance (1923)
- kellog briand pact (1928) nations agree to not use force to settle arguments
- conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments (1932)
locarno treaties (1925) germany agrees to western borders set at versailles
quick reasons: why did the league fail? (ASSMD)
no army
self interest
economic sanctions were ineffective
countries like the usa weren‘t members
desicions were slow
why did disarmament fail in the 1930‘s? HR BA HW
hitler becomes chancellor and re-arms germany
britain proposes a far too ambitious disarmament plan
hitler withdraws from the league after the disarmament conference
disarmament conference
the league arranged a conference to meet in geneva between 1932-1934
there was a reluctance to trust one another
how was the state of america in the 1920‘s
- most prosperous country in the world
- booming twenties
- billions of dollars loaned, good for economy
- selling goods in masses
why did the stock market crash in ?
october 1929
- too much supply, too little demand
- too many people buying shares
- competition from countries like japan
- overproduction
effects of the depression?
the usa stopped lending money abroad and called in its loans
by 1930 nearly 2000 banks collapsed
12 million people unemployed in the USA
the least affected was the ussr because they were communist
germany had relied on american loans. 6 million people were unemployed in germany
people were more likely to support radical governments
