Was the LON a success Flashcards
5 aims of LON
Discourage aggression
Encourage cooperation
Encourage disarmament
Improve living and working conditions
Enforce ww1 piece treaty’s
Where was the LON based
Geneva
Number of countries that joined LON in 1920
42
Key countries that did not join LON
Germany Russia America
Permanent members of the LON
Britain France Italy Japan
How was League of Nations organised
There were 2 bodies the assembly and the council
Each permanent member had a veto
How did the league punish disobedient countries
Step 1 was moral condemnation
Step 2 was economic and financial sanctions
Step 3 military force
What was the assembly
It was the leagues Parliament every country was represented and only met once a year
What was the council
It was smaller than assembly it had permanent members and temporary members voted in by the assembly
What were the LON commissions
The refugee committee
Mandates commission
Health committee
Slavery commission
What did the refugee committee do
400,000 prisoners returned to homeland
In ww2 the refugee committee acted quickly
They acted quickly to get read of diseases in camps
What were the problems of the refugee committee
Not enough funds
What were the successes of the working conditions committee
Limited child labour 48 hours a week
Band poisonous lead
Abusers were known about they named and shamed
What were the failures of the working committee conditions
Lack of funds
People didn’t listen limited success
Only named and shamed abuses nothing more
What were the successes of the health committee
Spread practice and information is about diseases
Develop vaccines for leprosy and malaria
Prevent plague in Serbia
Reproduce the world health organisation
What will the successes of social problems
Three 200,000 slaves
Raids against slave owners were stopped
4% of workers in Africa were dying instead of 50%
What were the problems of social problems
Only operate in limited areas
Slavery still exists
Still 4% dying
Unable to remove social injustice
What was an example of the league of Nations encouraging cooperation from any nation in business and trade
Delete controlled Austrian Hungary interest rates which stabilise the currency helping circulate banknotes they gave them loans all of this meant unemployment fell this happened in other places as well
What happened in the Aaland islands
1921 midway between Sweden and Finland 90% of the population spoke Swedish both countries had to fight for it delete said it goes to Finland however should maintain government to satisfy the Swedish this was a success because both countries were somewhat satisfied
What happened in upper Silesia in 1921
Industrial area on the border Poland and Germany the population of 50-50 split Troops were deployed to keep peace voted to go to Germany the league built safeguards to avoid further dispute it was split this for success because neither country was particularly happy meaning they were equally treated