The League

Question 1

What did Wilson hope from the league?

Answer 1

To stop wars

Question 2

What 3 things did Wilson want the league to do?

Answer 2

Improve peoples lives and jobs, improve public health and to end slavery

Question 3

So the four main aims of the league were? SIDE

Answer 3

Stop wars
Improve peoples live and jobs
Disarmament
Enforce the ToV

Question 4

The first problem the league had was?

Answer 4

America didnt join

Question 5

How many countries were involved at the start?

Answer 5

42

Question 6

How many countries were members in the 1930’s?

Answer 6

60

Question 7

What 3 countries didn’t join the league and why?

Answer 7

America- not want to join
Russians- refused to join as they were communists and hated GB
Germany- not allowed to join

Question 8

Who were the four main members of the league?

Answer 8

France, Britain, Italy and Japan

Question 9

What were the 4 main powers of the league?

Answer 9

Covenant
Condemnation
Arbitration
Sanctions

Question 10

What is the difference between Covenant and Condemnation?

Answer 10

Covenant- means all countries had promised to keep the peace

Condemnation- The league could tell a country it was doing wrong

Question 11

What is Arbitration?

Answer 11

the league could offer to decide between two countries

Question 12

What was the problem with the assembly?

Answer 12

They only met once a year

Question 13

What 2 massive events happened in the 1930’s?

Answer 13

Manchuria and Abyssinia

Question 14

What year and what happened at Manchuria?

Answer 14

1931- the Japanese army invaded Manchuria, threw out the Chinese and set up their own government there.

Question 15

What did the league do about Manchuria?

Answer 15

Sent officials to study the problem- took a year

In 1933- it ordered Japan to leave Manchuria

Question 16

What actually happened at the end of Manchuria?

Answer 16

Japan refused to leave. Instead they left the league. The league couldn’t agree on sanctions and didn’t want another war so nothing was done.

Question 17

What year and what happened at Abyssinia?

Answer 17

1935- Mussolini got ready to invade Abyssinia, he wanted war and glory

Question 18

Why did Mussolini want Abyssinia? (4)

Answer 18

He wanted revenge from Abyssinia defeating them earlier.
Abyssinia was positioned right by Italian Somaliland.
Mussolini has seen Japan get away with Manchuria.
Wanted Italy to be a great empire again.

Question 19

What did the league do for Abyssinia?

Answer 19

Put economic sanctions on. But didnt close the Suez canal so supplies still got through. Italy then conquered Abyssinia by 1936.

Question 20

How did Mussolini and Hitler become friends?

Answer 20

From the Spanish war

Question 21

What year did the league fail?

Answer 21

1935

Question 22

W A S D U M B ?

Answer 22

Weak- sanctions didnt work, no army
America- USA was not involed
Structure- league was muddled, members couldnt agree

Depression- the depression made countries try and get more land and power
Unsuccessful- the more the league failed, the more people didnt trust it
Members- Italy and Japan betrayed the league. France and Br did nothing to help it
Big Bullies- 1920’s- weak countries. 1930’s- powerful countries