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What were the aims of the League of Nations?
Encourage disarmament
encourage cooperation through trade
discourage aggression from any country
maintain peace.
How could the League discourage aggression?
Through moral disapproval, economic sanctions (trade boycott, refusing credit), and military sanctions (had no army, no country would offer theirs).
What was the structure of the League of Nations?
Council
Assembly
Permanent Court
Commissions.
Who were the permanent members of the Council?
Britain, France, Italy, Japan.
How often did the Council meet?
The Council met 5 times a year.
How often did the Assembly meet?
The Assembly met once a year.
What was required for decisions in the Assembly?
Decisions had to be unanimous.
What was the role of the Permanent Court of International Justice?
Judges from different countries settled disputes between nations.
What types of commissions existed in the League?
Mandates Commission
Refugee Committee
Slavery Commission
Health Committee.
What was the Mandates Commission responsible for?
Oversaw post-war mandates.
What did the Refugee Committee do?
Helped displaced people.
What was the focus of the Slavery Commission?
Opposed slavery and child labour.
What did the Health Committee aim to improve?
Sanitation and public health.
What were some weaknesses of the League?
No army, USA didn’t join, dominated by Britain and France, unanimous decisions made it slow, powerless against aggressive countries.
What was the Manchurian Crisis?
From 1931 to 1933, Japan staged a railway attack in China as an excuse to invade Manchuria; the League delayed action and Japan left without punishment.
What was the Abyssinian Crisis?
From 1935 to 1936, Italy invaded Abyssinia, inspired by Manchuria; the Hoare-Laval Pact scandal occurred and sanctions failed.
What were some successes of the League?
Aaland Islands, Upper Silesia, Greek-Bulgarian dispute, Vilna, Corfu.
What happened in the Aaland Islands Dispute?
In 1920-21, the League ruled in favor of Finland in a dispute with Sweden, ending it peacefully.
What was the outcome of the Upper Silesia Dispute?
The League held a plebiscite and divided the territory between Germany and Poland.
What occurred during the Greek-Bulgarian Dispute?
In 1925, a Greek soldier crossed into Bulgaria and was arrested , leading to a Greek invasion to get him back; the League ordered Greece to pay compensation for damages.
What happened in the Vilna Dispute?
In 1920, Poland occupied city of Vilna in Lithuania, and the League failed to remove Poland.
What was the Corfu Incident?
In 1925, after an Italian general was killed in Greece, Italy invaded Corfu, and the League forced Greece to pay compensation despite little evidence.
What are talking points in paper 2 answers?
Every answer:
context
tone
attitude
Provenance
Always explain using context
Structure for:
How far do all of the sources provide support for this statement (9)
Balanced answer:
1 paragraph of all that agree
1 paragraph of all that disagree
1 paragraph of desision and why
