KT2 League of Nations Flashcards
(24 cards)
where was the LoN based and why?
Geneva in switzerland because it had not been involved in the war
Why was the LoN formed? [4 points]
- to stop war from breaking out
- to encourage disarmament
- to improve working conditinos
- to tackle deadly diseases
how many members were there in the LoN originally?
42
how many members of the LoN were there in 1934?
58
who were the members of the LoN council? [4 points]
Britain, France, Italy, Japan
when did the assembly meet? (LoN) [2 points]
first monday of september
give 3 reasons and why the LoN was successful [5 points]
- written into all peace treaties at the end of ww1 (so all nations incolved had signed an agreement that recognised the organisation)
- had a vast membership
- economic sanctions and moral condemnation were daunting punsihments for many countries
why was the idea that several countries refused to join the LoN bad? [2 points]
because it:
- undermined it as a ‘global’ organisation
- meant that if the contry faced economic sanctions it could still trade with rich and powerful countries
give the shorter weaknesses of the LoN [6 points]
- no army –> meant it couldn’t force people to obey it
- the structure was very complicated, and it confused people and slowed action
- decisions had to be unanimous, which meant hat decision-making was very slow.
what was the wall street crash?
the dramatic collapse of the US stok exchange
when was the wall street crash?
1929
when was the vilna dispute?
1920
when was the great depression?
1929
why was Manchuria deemed as important?
because it had lost of natural resources (like coal and iron ore)
why did japan want manchuria? [3 points]
because manchuria had a lot of resources that lots of people wanted/needed
and japan’s economy was based off of selling silk
but they couln’t sell the silk because after the great depression nobody could afford to buy it because it was too pricey.
give 3 reasons as to why Manchuria seemed like agood place for Japan to invade:
aftfl:
- manchuria os close to japan geographically
- there was a history of confusion over who owned manchuria
- japan was scared china might kick out japenese industry
- japan army was getting stronger
- the japenese army had killed its prime minsiter in 1932 and the government was controlled by army generals
what happened on 18 september 1931?
there was an explosion on the south manchuria railway
when was the explosion of the south manchuria railway?
18th sept 1931
what did the japenese claim happened after the explosion fo the south manchurian railway?
they cliamed that it had been shot at by chinese soldiers
what was the name of the japenese army in 1931?
kwantung army
what did the japenese do to manchuria in 1932? [2 points]
- renamed it manchuko
- and put Pu Yi, and ex-chinese empereor ont he throne as a puppet ruler
why did the league not do anything about the manchuria crisis? [1 points]
aftfl:
- they didn’t have the army to control it
- they could issue economic sanctions so members would stop tradin, but the US wasn’t a member and japan traded with them the msot
why did mussolinin think he could get awa with taking abysinnia?
as of the manchuria crisis and then mukden incident
