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KT2 - The League of Nations Flashcards

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How successful was the League of Nations with the Vilna dispute and why?

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  • Quite unsuccessful
  • In 1920, Poland took control of the Lithuanian capital so Lithuania appealed to the League of Nations for help
  • The League of Nations only condemned Poland but France and Britain were not prepared to take action
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What did Wilson want the League of Nations to be like?

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  • A world parliament
  • That guaranteed territorial integrity
  • And safeguarded peace
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What did David Lloyd George want the League of Nations to be like?

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  • Simple organisation
  • Only got together in emergencies
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How did the Great Depression make the work of the League more difficult?

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  • Economic and trade sanctions were harder to impose because it could cripple an economy
  • Countries would not disarm
  • Countries would be worried about materials and money so will want to expand and possible invade other countries
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How successful was the League in the Disarmament Conference and why?

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  • Fairly unsuccessful
  • Rules were created and agreed on but could not be actioned because there was no way to plausibly ban bombs/planes etc…
  • Germany felt they should be allowed to rearm to the same level as other countries
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How unsuccessful was the League of Nations in terms of dealing with the Manchurian crisis and why?

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  • Unsuccessful
  • The League of Nations could not stop Japan because only the USA could impose trade sanctions due to the USA being Japan’s trade partner
  • The League of Nations was afraid that Japan would retaliate if the sale of arms was banned
  • Lytton report took 1 year to be published
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How successful was the League of Nations with the dispute regarding Upper Silesia and why?

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  • Successful
  • In 1921 Germany and Poland had a dispute over ownership of Upper Silesia
  • The League of Nations oversaw a peaceful plebiscite
  • Upper Silesia given to Poland
  • Both countries agreed with the League of Nations’s judgement
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How did weaknesses in the structure of the League of Nations make failure inevitable?

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  • Lack of military power weakened the League of Nations’s ability to enforce its decisions
  • USA not being in the League of Nations diminished it’s global authority because the USA was a major power
  • Limited economic sanctions due to countries being unwilling to risk their economies
  • All decisions were subject to veto
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What did Clemenceau want the League of Nations to be like?

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  • To have an army to sustain power and enforce sanctions
  • He proposed to supplement it with France’s own army
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How successful was the League of Nations Aaland Island dispute and why?

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  • Very successful
  • After Finland and Sweden threatened to go to war over the islands in 1921, the League of Nations stepped in and peacefully got Sweden to accept that the islands belonged to Finland
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What happened to the Rhineland?

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It was de-militarized

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How successful was the League of Nations in the Abyssinian crisis and why?

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  • Unsuccessful
  • It was a dispute between Italian and Abyssinian soldiers at the Walwal Oasis
  • Mussolini declared it Italian land
  • Haile Selassie appealed to the League of Nations for help
  • Whilst Mussolini was supposed to be negotiating with the League of Nations, he was sending troops to Abyssinia
  • Britain and France could have stopped Mussolini by closing the Suez Canal but didn’t, to keep him as an ally against Hitler
  • The League of Nations essentially just turned a blind eye
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Who was Alsace Lorraine given to?

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France

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How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?

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£6.6 billion

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How successful was the League of Nations with regard to Welfare and Workers’ Rights and why?

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  • Quite successful
  • The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was created
  • ILO set the 48 hour week which reduced people being unfairly overworked
  • The ILO also banned white lead from paint for the Welfare of the workers who came into contact with it.
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How successful was the League of Nations with regard to Slavery?

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  • Successful
  • The Slavery Commission was created
  • The League of Nations challenged forced labour in the construction of the Tanganyika Railway due to the significant death toll
  • The death toll was then vastly reduced because of the League of Nations
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How successful was the League of Nations with regard to the Locarno treaties and why?

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  • Quitesuccessful
  • In 1925 Chancellor Stresseman, on behalf of Weimar Germany, accepted the Locarno Treaties and therefore the post-WW1 borders
  • This allowed for the admission of Germany into the League of Nations
  • This was a big step forward for diplomatic relations
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How successful was the League of Nations in managing the Bulgarian incident and why?

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  • Fairly successful
  • In 1925, there was an incident on the Greek / Bulgarian border where Greek soldiers were killed
  • Bulgaria appealed to the League of Nations
  • All of the powers agreed and acted as a whole
  • Which made the League of Nations look powerful and collected
                                                        HOWEVER
  • The Greeks complained that their punishment was different to the Big Powers’
  • It could also be argued that the unanimous decision was due to their agreement on the situation, rather than the efficiency and functioning of the League of Nations
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How successful was the League of Nations in managing the Corfu Crisis and why?

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  • Very unsuccessful
  • In 1923, Mussolini invaded Corfu
  • The League of Nations condemned his actions and could not decide on what to do
  • Britain was prepared to send a warship but France did not want to interfere due to their military being occupied in the Ruhr
  • This made the League of Nations look weak indecisive and hypocritical since the warship went against the League of Nations’ core values
  • It also set the standard that the League of Nations would back down from an aggressor
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What was the League of Nations’ structure?

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The council
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The assembly
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The permanent court of justice

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