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1
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Why was the League of Nations set up in 1919?

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Wilson wanted it more than anything else

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What treaty set up the League?

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Treaty of Versailles

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What were the four aims of the League?

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  1. Stop wards
  2. Improve people’s lives and jobs
  3. Disarmament
  4. Enforce the Treaty of Versailles
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4
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What happened when Wilson went back to America?

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Senate refused to join the League of Nations or ratify the Treaty

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Why did the Americans not want to join the League of Nations?

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  • Many American were German immigrants and hated the Treaty
  • Americans did no want to get involved in European affairs because it might involve Americans dying in a war
  • Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might cost money
  • Many Americans were anti-British and hated the British Empire (American revolution had been to get out of the British Empire)
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6
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How many countries joined the League in 1919?

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42

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How many members did the League have in 1930s?

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60

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Name three powerful countries which were not members of the League

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USSR, USA, Germany

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Why was Russia not a member of the League?

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A Communist country, hated Britain and France

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Why was Germany not a member of the League?

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Not allowed to join by the Treaty

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Who were the four main members of the League?

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  1. Britain
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Japan
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What four powers did the League have to enforce its decisions?

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  • covenant
  • condemnation
  • arbitration
  • sanctions
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What did the League not have which made it hard for it to enforce its decisions?

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An army

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What were the main parts of the League’s organisation?

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  1. Secretariat
  2. Council
  3. Assembly
  4. Court of International Justice
  5. Health Committee
  6. International Labour Organisation
  7. Refugees Commission
  8. Mandates Commission
  9. Slavery Commission
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How many times a year did the League’s Assembly meet?

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Once a year

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How many times a year did the Council meet?

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4-5 times a year, and when necessary

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What did the Court of International Justice do?

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Settled small disputes

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What did the Health Committee of the League do?

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Tried to improve health of the people of the world

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What did the Slavery Committee do?

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Tried to free all slaves

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What did the Refugee Committee do?

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Tried to get refugees home, or onto camps

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What was the job of the Secretariat?

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Organise the work of the committees and liaise between them

22
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Which two countries were involved in the Corfu dipute of 1923?

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Greece and Italy

23
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Who was the leader of Italy?

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Mussolini

24
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Which two countries were involved in the Bulgaria incident of 1925?

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Bulgaria and Greece

25
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How many prisoners of war did the League get home?

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Half a million

26
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In which country did the League set up a refugee camp?

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Turkey

27
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Which two diseases did the League try to destroy?

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Leprosy and malaria

28
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How did the League try to say no to drugs?

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Closed down 4 Swiss drugs companies

29
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How many slaves did the League set free?

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200,000

30
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Which two countries did the League send economics experts to?

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Austria and Hungary

31
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What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact promise in 1928?

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To abolish war

32
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How did Britain and France make Germany pay reparations in 1921?

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Invaded the Ruhr

33
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What did the League try to arrange at its disarmament conference?

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All nations to reduce their weapons

34
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Why did the Disarmament Conference of 1931 fail?

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Hitler demanded equality with the other countries

35
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Which country broke the Treaty of Versailles by attacking Russia in 1920?

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Poland

36
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What did the League’s International Labour Organisation try to do?

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48 hour week

37
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Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931?

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Japan

38
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What was the economic depression of the 1930s?

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  • Wall Street (the US Stock Market) crashed
  • USA called in loans
  • Factories closed down
  • People out of work/ starved
39
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Why didn’t France and Britain try to force Japan to leave Manchuria?

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Did not want to go to war

40
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Which country did Italy invade in 1935?

A

Abyssinia

41
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What did Britain and France secretly agree with Italy?

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To let Italy have Abyssinia

42
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What effect did the League’s failure in Manchuria and Abyssinia have?

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  • Destroyed confidene in it
  • Many countries left
43
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List seven reasons the League failed

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  1. Weak
  2. America was not a part of it
  3. Bad structure of the organisations
  4. Dictators
  5. Unsuccessful
  6. Members
  7. ‘Big Bullies’
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