League of Nations:Failures in the 1930s

Question 1

Which year did the Manchurian crisis occur?

Answer 1

1931

Question 2

What issue did the Manchurian crisis concern?

Answer 2

-Japan invaded Manchuria

Question 3

Why did Japan want to invade Manchuria?

Answer 3

• Japan badly affec. by Great Depression
• Could not feed its GROWING popu.
• Manchuria offer solu. (source of FOOD + raw materia.)
• China v. weak at the time
• Faced economic crisis(brankruptcy)

Question 4

How did Japan take over Manchuria?

Answer 4

• Kwantang army controlled the south Manchurian railway
• In Sept. 1931, Japanese claim Chines. sabo. railway (MI)
• Use this as reason to invade
• It took many months to report
• No trade sanctions/ban or military force

Question 5

Describe the events surrounding the Manchurian crisis?

Answer 5

• Japan badly affec. by Great Depression
• In Sept. 1931, Japanese claimed that Chinese sabo.railway
• Invaded
• China appealed to LON 4 help

Question 6

Why did the League fail at dealing with the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 6

• Missing Powers(USSR and USA)
• The Great Depression
• Britain & France interests

(League wasn’t prepared to enforce collective security)

Question 7

How did the League respond to the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 7

• Lytton committee
• Many months to report (due to inefficiencies in League)
• Lytton report: Japan should leave Manchuria
• MORAL CONDEMNATION
• NO trade ban OR military sanctions

Question 8

How did the missing powers(USSR and USA) affect the League’s response to the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 8

• USSR would’ve oppo.
  - Russia had past claim on Manchuria
  - Japanese inva. v. close to Russi. strat. interests
• USA miss. would’ve made trade sanc. ineffect.
  - as would fill trade gap

Question 9

How did the Great Depression affect the League’s response to the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 9

• ban on trade would rrly hurt powers

- lots of prob. at home

Question 10

How did Britain and France’s interests affect the League’s response to the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 10

• Britain
  - worried navy couldn’t take on Japanese
  - Priority: taking after empire
  - Worri. if they take on Japan can they pro. As. col.
  - Traded a lot with (v. imp. in GD)
  - Manchu. not of strat. interest (Why lose lives +money?)
• France
  - mostly worr. abt Germany
  - didn’t want to commit troops 2 far away cont.
  - -Manchu. not of strat. interest (Why lose lives +money?)

Question 11

Who were the powers sympathetic to Japan’s invasion in the league?

Answer 11

-Italy and Germany

Question 12

What was the effect of the Manchurian Crisis?

Answer 12

• Made the League seem weak + ineff.

- Emboldened Musso.(learns league will not react)