The League Of Nations

Question 0

What did Woodrow Wilson want the league to be like?

Answer 0

A world parliament

Question 1

When was the League of Nations set up?

Answer 1

In 1920 by the treaty of Versailles

Question 2

Where was the League of Nations based?

Answer 2

In Geneva, Switzerland

Question 3

How many countries were part of the League of Nations?

Answer 3

• 42 at the start

- 60 by the 1930s

Question 4

Which two big countries did not join the League of Nations?

Answer 4

• the USA

- the USSR

Question 5

Who were the League of Nations leading members?

Answer 5

• Britain and France, supported by Italy and Japan

Question 6

What were the aims of the league if nations? SIDE

Answer 6

Stop wars
Improve lives and jobs
Disarmament
Enforce the treaty of Versailles

Question 7

What powers did the League of Nations have? CCAS

Answer 7

1- Covenant: members promised to keep the peace

2- Condemnation: the league could tell a country if they were doing wrong

3- Arbitration: the league could offer to decide between two countries

4- Sanctions: stopping trade

Question 8

What was the League of Nations assembly?

Answer 8

-the main meeting of all the members they met once a year

It’s main problem was that decisions had to be unanimous, which was difficult to achieve

Question 9

What was the League of Nations council?

Answer 9

A group of the most important countries who met 4-5 times a year

Question 10

What the League of Nations court of international justice do?

Answer 10

Settle small disputes

Question 11

What did the League of Nations health committee do?

Answer 11

Improve world health

Question 12

What did the League of Nations international labour organisation do?

Answer 12

Try to get fair wages

Question 13

What did the League of Nations slavery committee do?

Answer 13

Try to end slavery

Question 14

What did the League of Nations refugee committee do?

Answer 14

Tried to return people to their homes after wars or disasters

Question 15

What was the purpose of the League of Nations secretariat ?

Answer 15

Was supposed to organise the league but failed

Question 16

What was the Dawes plan?

Answer 16

It was a loan from America to Germany so they could pay reparations. It helped the leagues aims of enforcing the treaty of Versailles

Question 17

What were the Locarno treaties?

Answer 17

Germany agreed to accept the boarders laid out in the TofV, that the Rhineland would remain demilitarised. And also that any future disputed between France and Germany would be settled by the league

Question 18

What was the Kellogg-Briand pact?

Answer 18

Signed in 1928 by 63 countries who agreed to solve any future disputes by peaceful means

America signed the pact

Question 19

How did the League of Nations fail with Poland in 1920?

Answer 19

Poland took land from Russia, breaking the treaty of Versailles, the poles ignored the leagues order to stop

Question 20

How did the League of Nations fail with disarmament? 1932

Answer 20

Disarmament talks failed, as Germany demanded as many weapons as everyone else.

Question 21

How did the League of Nations fail with the Kellogg-Briand pact 1928?

Answer 21

Sixty five countries signed the pact, but just ignored it

Question 22

How odd the League of Nations fail with Corfu in 1923?

Answer 22

Mussolini ignore red the leagues orders to pull out of Corfu and made Greece pay money to Italy

Question 23

How did the League of Nations succeed with repetitions 1921?

Answer 23

When Germany refused to pay, Britain and France invaded Germany to make them pay

Question 24

How did the League of Nations succeed with prisoners of war?

Answer 24

The league took home over half a million WWI prisoners of war

Question 25

How did the League of Nations succeed with the Aaland Islands 1921?

Answer 25

In this disagreement between Sweden and Finland over control, the league acted as arbitrator and said they should go to Finland, Sweden accepted

Question 26

How did the League of Nations succeed in Bulgaria 1925?

Answer 26

Greece obeyed the Leagues orders to pull out of Bulgaria in 1925

Question 27

How did the league succeed with slaves ?

Answer 27

The league attacked slave traders in Africa and Burma and freed 200,000 slaves

Question 28

How did the League of Nations succeed with Disease?

Answer 28

The league worked to prevent malaria and leprosy

Question 29

How did the League of Nations succeed with refugees 1922?

Answer 29

The league set up camps and fed Turkish refugees

Question 30

How did the League of Nations succeed with economic problems?

Answer 30

- they sent economic experts to help Austria and Hungary

Question 31

How did the League of Nations succeed with drugs ?

Answer 31

The league closed down four big Swiss companies which were selling drugs

Question 32

Why did the League of Nations fail? WAS DUMB

Answer 32

WEAK: > the leagues 'powers' were useless. >Sanctions did not work. > it had no army AMERICA: > the strongest nation in the world did not join > Britain and France were not strong enough STRUCTURE: > the league was muddled, so it took ages to do anything > members couldn't agree, but decisions had to be unanimous DEPRESSION: > the world-wide depression made countries try to get more land and power, they were worried about themselves, not about world peace UNSUCCESSFUL: > the more the League failed, the less people trusted it > in the end most people ignored it MEMBERS: > the leagues main members let it down BIG BULLIES: > in the 1920s the league had dealt with weak countries > in the 1930s powerful countries started challenging the league > they were too strong for the league to stop