THE BIG LEAGUE

Question 1

What did the league do to help the refugees?

Answer 1

400,000 prisoners were returned to their homes.

- The League helped stopped diseases such as smallpox and dysentery in other refugee camps.

Question 2

What did the league do to help the working conditions?

Answer 2

• The league succeeded in banning poisonous white lead from paint.
• Limited the hours that small children were allowed to work.
• It introduced a maximum of 48 hour week and an eight-hour day, but a majority of the member

Question 3

How did the league help Health conditions?

Answer 3

• They sponsored research into infectious diseases at institutes in Singapore, London and Denmark.
• Their institutes helped develop vaccines and medicines to fight deadly diseases such as leprosy and malaria.

Question 4

How did the league help Slavery and forced labour?

Answer 4

• Freed 200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone.

- It organised raids against slave owners and traders in Burma

Question 5

How did the league help other action?

Answer 5

• The league blacklisted four large companies which were involved in the illegal drug trade.
• Helped enforce practical problems such as marking shipping lanes and produced an international highway code for users.

Question 6

Name some of the failures the league had!

Answer 6

• The disarmament conference

- The Abyssinian crisis