History Y10 - Unit 2

Question 1

When was the LoN established?

Answer 1

1919 - the Treaty of Versailles was signed then

Question 2

Main aims of the League

Answer 2

collective security, transparent trade, upholding the ToV, improving working conditions

Question 3

When did Germany leave the League?

Answer 3

1933 when Hitler comes to power

Question 4

Successful in solving conflicts

Answer 4

Upper Silesia 1920 - was given to Poland, Germans protest, plebiscite held –> majority wants to stay in Germany, Poles protest –> divided into two

Bulgaria 1925 - Greek soldier crosses into Bulgaria - league demands for them to leave and pay

Aaland Islands 1921 - Finland keeps the island, but demilitarize them

Question 5

Failure in solving conflicts

Answer 5

Ruhr 1923 to 1925 - France is a council member, but committed aggression

Corfu 1923 - Mussolini occupies Corfu, France was afraid of their own reputation if they did punish Italy

Question 6

Manchurian crisis - date

Answer 6

1931 to 1932

Question 7

Manchurian crisis - cause

Answer 7

The Kwantung Army attacks the japanese railroad in China as an escuse to invade.

They claimed that they were trying to restore peace and protect themselves from Chinese anarchy

Question 8

Manchurian crisis - Economic

Answer 8

Following the great depression, the Japanese could not wholly rely on trade

so they were willing to seize Manchuria, which was rich in resources

Question 9

Manchurian crisis - ease of attack

Answer 9

China was in the middle of a civil war (communists vs nationalists)

The region of Manchuria was not controlled by the national government but an independent warlord

Manchuria bordered the colony of Korea, making it easier for the Japanese to access them.

Question 10

Manchurian crisis - recent

Answer 10

Japan felt threatened by the rise of nationalist China

Thought that Manchuria could come under the control of centra china if they did not strike now

Question 11

Manchurian crisis - France, Britain and LoN

Answer 11

LoN only went as far as moral condemnation - the Lytton committee was sent in 1932 to investigate what happened. By that time, Japan had already established a puppet state of Manchukuo.

Big powers which could have contributed to sanctioning japan were absent - US and USSR

French and British were ambivalent
even pleased, since Japan was pivoting away from THEIR own colonies in the South, invading towards their shared enemy of the USSR

allies with Japan

Question 12

Abyssinian Crisis - date

Answer 12

1935 to 1936