The League of Nations Flashcards
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Why was the LON created?
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It aimed to discourage aggression from any nation, encourage countries to cooperate in business and trade, encourage nations to disarm and improve living and working conditions.
2
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Successes of the LON
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- Freed 200,00 slaves in Africa
- Worked to prevent Malaria and Leprosy
3.Took home half a million prisoners of WW1 - Set up camps and fed Turkish Refugees
- Closed down swiss companies for selling drugs
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Failures of the LON
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- Set up an independent commission which failed which failed to get agreement on disarmament
- Poland took land from Russian (breaks the treaty)
3.International Labour Organization failed to persuade countries to adopt a 48 hour work week - Kellog Briand Pact (1928): ignored how 65 countries signed a treaty to end war
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Who was involved?
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- The United States was not involved in the LON
- Composed of a general assembly which includes delegations of all member states