TOV & LON (including germany) Flashcards

1
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reparations

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the major powers agreed that germany had to pay repreations to the allies for the damage caused.

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2
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how much did the germans have to pay in reparations and when did they finish

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6.66 billion by 1984

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3
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territorial changes

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rhineland became demilitarised
Saarland was help after 15 years
the union between austria and germany was forbidden
alsace - lorraine became france

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4
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colonies

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german colonies (togo, cameroon, german east africa…) were taken away

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5
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armed forces

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germanies armed forces were:
limited to 100,000 men
conscription was banned
no amoured vehicles
only 6 battleships

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6
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league of nations

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internationsal police force was set up
germany coudlnt join the league until it was a peace-loving country

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7
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war guilt

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it was simple but the germans saw it as extremely harsh
they had to accept the blame for starting war

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8
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why was the TOV unfair

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  • the war guilt
  • germany didnt have a say
  • selfish
  • colonies hurt the german people most not leaders
  • economic collapse
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9
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why was the TOV fair

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  • germany had caused it own economic problems
  • many people felt that germany was operating a double standard
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10
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what was hyperinflation

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the government solved the problem by simply printing out more money but this then caused hyperinflation.
The money was worthless so prices shot up
wages were even paid daily instead of weekly

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11
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TOV in hindsight

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looking back the treaty helped to create the cruel nazi regime in germany causing ww2

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12
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reasons why USA did not want to

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  • it would enfore the treaty that many americans hated
  • could cause to send US soilders to settle every little conflict
  • sanctions could be imposed causing suffering to american trade and business
  • ## the league would be dominated by britian and france
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13
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what were the aims of the LON

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  • discourage agression from any nation
  • encourage countries to co-operate
  • encourage nations to disarm
  • improve working and living conditions
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14
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what was the council for

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a smaller group who met around 5 times a year or incase of energency
to resolve disputes by talking or moral comdemnation, ecomonical sanctions or military force

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15
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what was the assembly for

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the leagues “parliment”
it could recomend action to the counsil
met only once a year

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16
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what was the secretariat for

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civil service to serve all of the other bodies in the league
it kept records of the metting and prepared reports

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17
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what was the ILO for

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improve working conditions of working people

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18
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what was the court of internation justice for

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15 judges in the hague
only made decisions when asked

19
Q

what was the health committee for

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to improve public health worldwide

20
Q

what was the refugees committee

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to help refugees and disater victims

21
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what was the mandates commission

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make sure league countries were ruling the mandates properly

22
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what was the salvery commission for

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to abolish slavery

23
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what was the locarno treaty

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Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in western Europe.
- Germany would accept the borders laid in Versailles with Belgium & France
- Germany accepted the Rhineland would remain demilitarized
- France & Germany agree to sort out any future disputes through the League of Nations

24
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Aaland island dispute

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Sweeden and finland territorial dispute over Aaland islands
threatend to go to war
league intervened and sweedend accpeted

25
Q

Bulgaira disoute

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greek troops invaded bulgarria after incident on boarder
bulgaria asked for help and both sides were asked to back down
greece had to pay 45000 in compensation

26
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upper silesia dispute

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area between Ger and poland
dispute over who it belonged to
vote was overseen by league and the area was divided

27
Q

why did countries not want to disarm

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they were afraid because they felt that if they disarmed they would become vulnerable and the couldnt trust other countries

28
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dawes plan

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to avert a terrible economic crisis in germany so the USA left money to germany to pay its reparation bills

29
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effect of the depression on britian

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made it britians top priority to sort out their economy and put low priority to help with international disputes

30
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effect of the depression on germany

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germany was very weak and their leaders were unable to do anything so they elected HItler who was not good for international peace

31
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effect of the depression on USA

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the USA was unwilling to help becuase economic sanctions would make the economy worse

32
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effect of the depression of Italy

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the problems encouraged mussolini to try and build an overseas empire

33
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effect of the depression on Japan

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the depression threatend to bankrupt Japan. the usa was their main export for good but the usa was buying less so they had to build an empire and invade manchuria

34
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what was the manchuria crisis

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In the 1930s there was a world-wide economic depression. Japan tried to overcome the depression by building up an empire.

In 1932, the Japanese army invaded Manchuria and threw out the Chinese.

35
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what did the LON do in the manchuria crisis

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it took them a year to get there (slow and innefective)
the league could not agree on sanctions and could not ban weapons becuase britian and france did not want to start war
they failed

36
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disarmament conference

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the conference failed because they found resolutions that were good but they didnt have a plan to acheive it

37
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why did dissarment fail

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it failed for germany because eventually Hitler took germany out of the LON and withdrew from the dissarmment conference
the LON should have pushed harder for the agreements but they had no plan so they failed

38
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key events from abysinnia

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  • Dec. 1934: Mussolini, leader of Italy, attacked Abyssinia to gain possession of the Wal-Wal oasis.
  • May 1935: Italy advanced towards the capital city, Addis Ababa.
  • Emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the League for aid.
39
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reasons why italy invaded abysinnia

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  • raw materials
  • growing population needed space
40
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italy’s actions in abysinnia

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  • october 1935 invasion
  • italy launched a full invasion including airplanes, tanks and more
41
Q

LON actions in abysinnia

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  • ban arms sales to italy
  • banned loans
  • banned imports to italy
  • However the LON delayed the decision of whether or not to ban oil exports to italy
42
Q

what happened in the end for abysinnia crisis

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  • march 1936 hitler marched into rhineland
  • italy defied the leagues orders and eventually took over the capital
  • by may 1936 mussolini took over the whole country
  • the league did absolutely nothing
43
Q

what was the hoarve laval pact

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a secret pact between a british and french forgin secretary which decided to give italy 2/3 of abysinnia but it got leaked

44
Q

what was the rome berlin axis

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a pact between hitler and mussolini to work together on matters of common interest