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Unit Two- How far was the League of Nations a success in the 1920s and 30s Flashcards

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What was Japan’s economic position when they invaded?

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  • depended on imports to feed population
  • only had silk as export (luxury item)
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Why was Germany not allowed to join LoN?

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  • they had to prove peace first
  • LoN looked like a ‘victors club’
  • joined in 1926 (Hitler pulled them out)
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3 events that diadvantaged LoN

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  • Japan invading Manchuria
  • Failure of Disarmament
  • Italy invading abyssinia
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What were the main problems for the LON?

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-USA weren’t involved
- LoN members were invading
- Unanimous decisions (one opposing vote would mean no actions)
- League didn’t have army for military sanction

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Why did the LoN seem successful

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  • No major conflicts: great powers were exhausted
  • CP joined LoN: they needed all the help they could get
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What was the PCJ?

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Permanent court of International Justice
- offered their opinion
- provided legal advice
-11 judges, 4 deputy judges

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What were the positive achievements of the league?

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  • good work of agencies, committees and commissions
  • contribution to border disputes
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What was the Mukden Railway Incident?

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  • Japan stages an incident and uses ‘chinese banditry’ to invade local area.
  • China appeal to the league
    –> japanese gov promised to withdraw
  • Japanese occupied the whole province
  • Manchukuo
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What were the affects of the Wall Street crash?

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  • decrease in production
  • rise of unemployment
    –> 6 mil unemployment in Germany
    -extremist parties came to power
  • Made the work of LoN harder
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Where was Manchuria?

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North east china (bordering Korea)

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What did the economic and financial org do?

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After WW1 many countries were in a crisis
- controlled level of interest rates
- circulation of bank notes
- issuing credit
-gave loans

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What was the hoare Laval pact?

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  • secret negotiations
  • in exchange of no war, Italy gets 2/3 of land. Abyssinia gets a strip of land with access to the sea
  • Musolini gave signs he’d accept but it was leaked to the press
  • public turned against brit and france
  • war continued
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Why did Italy invade?

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  • Italian army defeated by Abyssinia in 1896 (revenge)
  • boost popularity
  • disappointed about less land from ToV
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How did the League respond to Japan and Manchuria?

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  • didnt impose sanctions
    –> didn’t want to reduce trade
  • No guarantee of success in Military sanctions
    -Brit and France didn’t want their colonies in the far east to be invaded
  • Lytton commissions
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Why did the league fail?

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  • they needed to think of two matters:
  • being just (lon)
  • not losing Italy to germany
  • they ended up with nothing
  • Italy leaves LON+ pursues relations with hitler
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what were the three parts to security

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  • Moral disapproval- LoN votes to voice it out
  • Economic sanctions- trade boycotts
  • Military sanctions- send military to victims
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What ideas were discussed to avoid war?

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  • org to meet for disputes
  • org with military to enforce peace
  • broad org that meets every once in a while to address intl problems
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What did the Health org do?

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Helped prevent many diseases (Typhus in Serbia)
linked with non member countries
became WHO

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struggles of the league

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  • 3 permanent members left
  • Soviet union expelled (finland)
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What’re somethings that went wrong with ILO

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reccom working age: 15
-in britain, school leaving age was lower

not all employers have employees the right to join a union

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Sucesses of the LON ath the start?

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  • No major conflicts
    -Central powers joined by the end of 1920s
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Why didn’t Russia join?

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-Victors
- communists
- Britain, France + Japan tried to assist counter revolution during civil war
- They joined late 20s, expelled after invading Finland

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What was the Corfu Incident?

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Italian staff murdered
Italian PM ordered bombardment
Greece went to LoN
actions had to be taken by Conference of Ambassadors
- CoA took action against principles of PCJ
- Weakness of LoN

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Who was Haile Selassie

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pre politics: imperial court
politics: emperor (1930)
character: modern, resisted fascism

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Locarno (information)
Borders between France, Germany and Belgium agreed
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What was the Lytton commission?
-invasion not justified - findings accepted against japan - Japan left
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When was the WDC
1932-1934
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What commissions were there?
-Mandates: supervised former colonies -Danzig: league control of former German cities - Minorities: improved ways racial minorities were treated - ICO: promoted cultural exchange -Drug trafficking- reduce drug misuse+ smuggling
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When was the wall street crash?
October 1929
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What is the Kellogg-Briand pact?
France and USA sign a pact denouncing war
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what is the ILO?
International Labour Organization - had representatives from all groups (unbiased) - promoted good work practices - working hours, child labour, women's rights
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What did the Refugee org do?
After WW1, many were homeless or displaced Gave new homes by: camps new settlements teaching new skills issuing identity docs
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Lesson of Japan-Manchuria
LoN didn't react quick enough european powers could not call nearby military
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How did Japan invade?
Staging a banditry and invading to 'protect' their trade and business
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Why was the disarmament commission not working?
-No victors disarmed -some only voluntarily disarmed
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What was the response of the league to Italy's invasion?
- Economic sanctions -But war supplies are still being traded - but Suez canal still opened (Italy's way to Abyssinia) -Hoare-Laval pact
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Agreements outside LoN
-No faith in LoN - France making agreements outside for german aggression
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What did the Secretariat do?
Admin work - organizing - distributing agendas - publish - budgets
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what does the council do?
The head meet 4-5 times a year Had both permanent and non permanent members Permanent (1920)- Britain, Japan, Italy, France Germany- 1926
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Why did the LoN seem like a fail?
- countreis didn't have confidence in LoN - they only broke apart small conflicts
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Why was USA not in the league of nations?
-nation doesn't want it, isolationist - most powerful - most influential - wealthy
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What was the Geneva Protocol?
LoN members must go by PCJ's rules if not, rest of the member will have to enforce economic + military sanctions (didn't work)
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What did the Slavery org do? [4]
get rid of slavery + young kids/women prostitutes -persistent questioning -publicating reports -coaxing govs
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What were the three main bodies of LoN
Secretariat Assembly Council
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Purpose of league
Prevent war and maintain peace
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What did the ILO do?
Improved work environments -collected data+persuaded govs
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what were the 5 organizations under LoN
1. Refugee Org 2. Health Org 3. Economic and Financial org 4. ILO 5. Slavery commissions
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Why did members not agree
-fear and no trust -france would disarm if brit and US had their backs - Hitler called france for not disarming (soon started rearming)
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Note: after sept 1939, LoN did not meet till April 1946
- assets transferred to UN
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Why did they invade manchuria?
- provide food - provide raw materials - market for Japan - Land for population
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Where was Abyssinia?
Africa (last independent state) surrounded by Italian somaliland and Eritrea (italian land)
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How did Italy invade A?
- built up forces in somaliland and eritrea (dec 1934) - war launched (oct 1935) - War not announced, everyone surprised
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why did Japan and Italy leave LoN
were criticized about invading - the whole point of LoN is to not invade but member do it.
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what did the assembly do?
met once a year considers general matters controls budgets
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Who was musollini?
Pre politics: Journalist, Teacher, Laborer Politics: Prime minister (1922) + Dictator (1925) Character: Confident, Self centered
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