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League of Nations Success and Failure in 1920s Flashcards

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What was the capital of Lithuania?

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Vilna

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Which country wanted to take over Vilna?

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Poland

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What did the League do when Poland Invaded?

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Told Poland to withdraw

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After Poland refused to withdraw what did the League do?

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After seeing they could use Poland as an Ally they did nothing.

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What happened in 1921 in Upper Silesia?

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Argument over the land between Poland and Germany over the land, people from both nations also lived there

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What was Upper Silesia rich with?

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Iron, Steel.

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How did the League deal with the dispute in Upper Silesia ?

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Held a plebiscite and sent British and French troops to supervise

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What is a plebiscite?

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Where every person in the country can vote

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Who won the plebiscite?

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Germany won with 60% of the vote

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How did Poland react to the Plebiscite?

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Appealed to the League saying most people who voted for Germany no longer lived in Upper Silesia

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11
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How did the League deal with the appeal by Poland?

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League split Upper Silesia into regions according to how the people voted.
Germany taking most rural areas
Poland taking most Industrial zones

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How did the Poles feel after they accepted the new deal?

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They felt it was unfair due to the fact the had half the population yet only around 1/3 of the land.

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13
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How many Poles were in German Territory?

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Half a Million

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How did Germany feel after they accepted the new deal?

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They also weren’t fully satisfied, they’d lost 3/4 of the coal mines originally. The complained to the League in 1922.

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How did the League react to the complaint in 1922?

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They gave Germany the right for Germany to import coal at a heavily discounted rate.

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16
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What happened to relations between Poland and Germany?

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Worsened

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17
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When was there a dispute over the Aland Islands?

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1921

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18
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Who was the dispute over the Aland Islands between?

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Finland and Sweden

19
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How high was the threat of war between Finland and Sweden?

A

High

20
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How did the League react to the Alland Islands dispute?

A

The League looked at both claims, deciding Finland should claim the Islands.

21
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What were the restriction on Finland?

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Finland weren’t allowed to build forts or bases where they could attack Sweden from.

22
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How successful was the League over the Aland Island dispute?

A

Successful

23
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When was the dispute over Corfu

A

1923

24
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What caused the dispute between Greece and Italy?

A

The murder of Italian general Tellini doing boundary agreement between Greece and Albania

25
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What did Mussolini do first?

A

Blamed the Greek government asking for the murderers to be executed

26
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How did Greece respond to Mussolini about the murderers?

A

Told him they had no idea

27
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How did Mussolini react to the Greek reply?

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On 31st August invaded killing 15 people

28
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How did Greece react to the invasion?

A

Appealed to the League

29
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How did the League react to the conflict?

A

Condemned Mussolini’s act of aggression but agreed Greece should pay compensation

30
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What would happen to the compensation?

A

It would be looked after by the League until the killers were found

31
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How did Mussolini feel after the decision?

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He wasn’t satisfied appealing to the Conference of Ambassadors to undermine the League.

32
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What happened after Mussolini appealed?

A

The League was undermined and the compensation was given straight to Italy.

33
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How did the League perform in the Corfu dispute?

A

Poorly being undermined and ignored by a powerful nation

34
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What happened in 1925?

A

Bulgaria was invaded by Greece

35
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Why did Greece invade Bulgaria?

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Because Greek soldiers were killed on Bulgarian soil

36
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What did Bulgaria do after being invaded?

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Appealed to the League for help

37
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How did the League respond to Bulgaria’s appeal for help?

A

Condemned Greece and told them to pay compensation

38
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How did Greece respond to the League’s response?

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Not wanting to fall out with powerful nations like France and Britain, Greece obeyed

39
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What happened in 1929 which destroyed nations economy, impacting the League?

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Wall Street Crash - USA

40
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What happened to cause the Wall Street Crash?

A

American stock market crashed

41
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How did this impact the rest of the world?

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The world faced global economic depression, because USA traded with so many countries they’d be impacted. The US also owed countries money due to the First World War meaning they were impacted

42
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What did citizens of nations do?

A

Loose faith in their government

43
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Who rose to power in countries instead of the governments?

A

Extremist parties eg: Hitler and the Nazis in Germany

44
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How did the Wall Street Crash affect the League?

A

The members of the League were too busy worrying about their own country, they had little care for the League

History -- Conflicts and Tension 1918-1939 (6 decks)

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