What year was the League of Nations set up?
1920
Which president came up with the idea of a League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
What were the 4 aims of the League of Nations?
Discourage Aggression, Cooperate, Disarm, improve Living Conditions
Give one strength and one weakness of Britain and France as leaders of the League of Nations
Respect/power, weak after WW1, League depended on them, had own debts to pay
In which part of the LoN did members meet once a year and any decisions they made had to be unanimous?
Assembly
Which part of the LoN was made up of more important members like Britain, France and Japan, who met 4-5 times a year?
The Council
Name two commissions of the League
Mandate Commissions, Refugee Committee, Slavery Commission, Health Committee
Give two reasons the USA did not join the League of Nations
Lack of support for ToV, Intervention, Anti-Imperial, Trade
Give one incident in the 1920s and why it showed the weaknesses of the LoN
Corfu, Vilna
Give on incident in the 1920s and why it showed the success of the LoN
Aaland Islands, Bulgaria
Which event in 1929 caused a Global Depression?
Wall Street Crash
In 1931 what did Japan claim Chinese soldiers had sabotaged?
Manchurian Railway
Who did the League send to investigate and report on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria?
Lord Lytton
What did Japan do after the League ordered it to leave Manchuria in 1933?
Left the League of Nations and continued invasion
Which country invaded Abyssinia in 1935?
Italy
What sanctions did the League place on Italy in 1935?
Banned weapons sales, sanctions on rubber and metal
