The League Of Nations Flashcards
International labour organisation
- representatives from employed etc met to improve working conditions
- research
- 8 hour working day
- right to join a trade union, annual holidays and no full time work for children aged 15 or younger
The commissions
Mandates- made sure countries were controlled fairly by other countries after World War 2
World health organisation
Helping combat dangerous diseases with inoculation and education programmes
Leprosy
Refugee commission
Helped re-settle displaced people and prisoners after World War One
Over 400,000 people were rehoused
The slavery commission
Working for the abolition of slavery worldwide
The minorities commission
Working for better treatment of minority groups worldwide
The drugs commission
Trying to combat trade in illegal substances
Some success in trying to tighten up customs control
Aaland islands
1920-21
Finland vs Sweden
Would remain with Finland but Swedish minority protected
Upper Silesia
1920
Germany vs Poland
Plebiscite held
Territory split:2/3 to Germany, 1/3 to Poland
Austria
1920
League sent in experts to rescue collapsing Austrian economy
They reconstructed the finances/currency and averted an Austrian economic crash
Greece vs Bulgaria
Greek invasion in border dispute League ordered fighting to stop Threatened sanctions Found Greece guilty Greece paid compensation
German economic crisis
1920s
Only the USA’s economic plan would be able to help Germany with the Dawes plan and the young plan
Dawes plan
1924 2year freeze on reparations $1 billion over 5 years USA offered Germany huge loans France agreed to pull troops out of the Ruhr
Young plan
1929
Germans complained about the reparations
The reparations were considerably reduced
After the Great Depression the reparations came to an end
Washington discussions
USA only
No league
USA and Britain agreed to have the same size navies
Japan to have a navy 2/3 of theirs
