Was the LON a success Flashcards

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5 aims of LON

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Discourage aggression
Encourage cooperation
Encourage disarmament
Improve living and working conditions
Enforce ww1 piece treaty’s

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Where was the LON based

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Geneva

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3
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Number of countries that joined LON in 1920

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42

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Key countries that did not join LON

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Germany Russia America

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Permanent members of the LON

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Britain France Italy Japan

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How was League of Nations organised

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There were 2 bodies the assembly and the council
Each permanent member had a veto

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How did the league punish disobedient countries

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Step 1 was moral condemnation
Step 2 was economic and financial sanctions
Step 3 military force

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What was the assembly

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It was the leagues Parliament every country was represented and only met once a year

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What was the council

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It was smaller than assembly it had permanent members and temporary members voted in by the assembly

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What were the LON commissions

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The refugee committee
Mandates commission
Health committee
Slavery commission

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What did the refugee committee do

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400,000 prisoners returned to homeland
In ww2 the refugee committee acted quickly
They acted quickly to get read of diseases in camps

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What were the problems of the refugee committee

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Not enough funds

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What were the successes of the working conditions committee

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Limited child labour 48 hours a week
Band poisonous lead
Abusers were known about they named and shamed

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What were the failures of the working committee conditions

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Lack of funds
People didn’t listen limited success
Only named and shamed abuses nothing more

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What were the successes of the health committee

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Spread practice and information is about diseases
Develop vaccines for leprosy and malaria
Prevent plague in Serbia
Reproduce the world health organisation

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16
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What will the successes of social problems

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Three 200,000 slaves
Raids against slave owners were stopped
4% of workers in Africa were dying instead of 50%

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What were the problems of social problems

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Only operate in limited areas
Slavery still exists
Still 4% dying
Unable to remove social injustice

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18
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What was an example of the league of Nations encouraging cooperation from any nation in business and trade

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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

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What happened in the Aaland islands

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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

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20
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What happened in upper Silesia in 1921

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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

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21
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What’s happening Vilna

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In 1920 the population was largely Polish Polish army march dinner and took control of Lithuania Lithuania appealed for help to the league the league was meant to send troops in but the French didn’t want to because they saw Poland as an ally it was a failure because they did nothing

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What’s happened in Bulgaria

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In 1925 the Greek Soldier running after his dog went across into Bulgarian border guards short Greek man the second version Bulgarian soldiers crossed Greek border and attack Greeks killing a look out Greece demanded punishment an apology and compensation delete condemned the Greeks required to withdraw 45,000 in reparations Greek update but saw one rule for Italy and another for them

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What’s happened in Corfu

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Italy marched into Greece because the Greeks killed some Italians and the league decided compensation money would be held by league until killers were found this was a Phalia because it’s one rule For a big power and another for a small Powell

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What did the Washington naval conference in 1920 do

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Reduce navies to a ratio United Kingdom 500,000 tons Japan 300,000 tons France and Italy 175,000 times each they had to stop building capital ships they had to consult with each other before taking actions in a crisis

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What are the problems with the Washington naval conference in 1921

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Militaries are still on even the power is found another way to build fighter ships they were called cruise ships and Japan was a rising military threat in the east

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When was the treaty of rapallo sighned and who by

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1922
By Germany and Russia

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What was the purpose of the treaty of rapollo and consequences

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Re-establish diplomatic relationships gave up all financial and territorial claims
Cooperate for each other’s economical needs consequences were Germany wants to improve position brackets league of Nations
Alarming power in central eastern Europe
Major international deals made without the league power

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When was the Dawes plan signed and who by

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1924
Germany and USA

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What was the purpose of the Dawes plan and the impact

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The purpose was USA lent money to Germany 200,000,000 to pay reparations
Staggered German payments
Help resolve hyperinflation the impact Germany reliant on USA loans and America recall money depression in Germany
Brought USA into European affairs
Andrew Valley crisis
Outside the leagues influence

30
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When was the treaty of Locarno treaty signed and Who by

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1925
Germany LON

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What was the purpose of the Locarno treaty and the impact

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Germany accepts all western borders normalise relationships between France and Germany Germany granted membership to league of Nations in 1926 the impact Germany welcome back
Germany allowed access to foreign support and treat boost

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When was Kehogg briand pact signed and Who by

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1928
Germany France USA

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What was the purpose and impact of the kehogg briand pact

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The purpose war will never be used in a state foreign policy again 65 nations agreed the impact concluded outside of league of Nations again gave the question was disarmament necessary
USA got involved again

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When was the young plan signed and who by

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1929
Germany USA

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What was the purpose of impact of the young plan

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Purpose was to reduce German reparations Germany given longer to pay impact concluded outside league of Nations USA again involved USA support for Germany not pleasing Britain and France treaty of Versailles time is being altered and changed

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What was the impact of the great depression

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Damaged economies in trade
Encourage military dictators
Damaged international relations

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What is evidence that the great depression encourage military dictators

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Many countries start to rehome to reduce unemployment
Germany suffered unemployment poverty which helped Hitler come to power
Japan invade Manchuria Britain couldn’t support Manchuria because economic crisis
Economic problems encourage Mussolini to try and build overseas empires to distract from financial difficulties
Japan was led by army generals

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What evidence is there that the great depression damaged economies and trade

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Countries introduced tariffs on imports to try and protect their industries which demonstrate
Japan’s main export was still in the USA but the USA was buying less silk
Business in many countries went bust leading to unemployment

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What evidence is there that the great depression damaged international relations

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Britain was unwilling to sort out international disputes focused on managing her economy
Countries became more wary of each other as rearmament spread France built defences on the German border the Maginot line
The USA was unwilling to assist the league of Nations in enforcing economic sanctions as it would damage its economy even more

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What was japan like in the 1920s

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Wealthy
Joyful
Developed
prosperous
Westernised

41
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What was the impact of Great Depression on Japan

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Devastating
Couldn’t feed population
Famine

42
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What were japans reasons for invading Manchuria

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Needed space empire
China needed law and order
Wanted more land to crop
Claimed that Chinese blow up railway in Manchuria

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How did the league respond to the invasion of Manchuria

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Sent lord litten for investigation in Manchuria he decides Japan was in the wrong Japan call Britain hypocrites for having an empire and walk out of league

44
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When was the first invasion of Manchuria

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1931

45
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When did Japan push further in to Manchuria

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1933

46
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Why did the league fail to stop Japan’s conquest of Manchuria

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Bring someone to the good relation
No strong sanctions
Far away

47
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Why was the disarmament conference in the 1930s fail

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Nobody was serious about disarming.
Germany proposed all members disarm down to its level when the conference disagreed the Germans walked out
An agreement was finally reached to treat Germany equally however in 1933 Hitler became chancellor and started to rehome and secret
Hitler withdrew from the disarmament conference
The British sign is in agreement with Germany to allow Germany to build its navy as long as it stayed under 35% of the British navy

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What’s the food in Abyssinia

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Dispute between Italian Ethiopian soldiers Mussolini claimed land and prepares to invade Britain and France sign stressor pact was Italy with no mention of Abyssinia election in Britain British foreign minister makes a speech in the league assembly about collective security no action no Musalini army launches a full-scale invasion of Abyssinia League bands arms sales to Italy loans and Italian imports hesitate about imposing oil sanctions they worry about American support Britain and France go behind leagues back to offer 2/3 of Abyssinia if he calls of the invasion the league decide to stop oil sales but it was too late initially had large areas of Abyssinia and the US were disgusted so the increased exports of oil to Italy Hitler move troops into Rhineland French in a desperate for a talion support Italy have continued to defy league and took capital of Abyssinia Mussolini annexed whole country

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Why did the invasion of Abyssinia take place

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Italy wanted to extend its empire it had economic problems due to the depression Mussolini knew the league of Nations was weak and could get away with it

50
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What were some things the league could’ve done to prevent Italy taking Abyssinia

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Close the Suez Canal Italy couldn’t get there sending troops impose oil sanctions earlier

51
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Why did the league fail with Abyssinia

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Absent powers
Lead for Italian support against Hitler’s Germany
Britain and France on willing to take a lead in sanctions or condemnation
Hoare laval plan discredited and disgraced which weakened the league the plan to give 2/3 of Abyssinia to Italy