Who did the League send to investigate and report on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria?
Lord Lytton
In which part of the LoN did members meet once a year and any decisions they made had to be unanimous?
Assembly
In 1931 what did Japan claim Chinese soldiers had sabotaged?
Manchurian Railway
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
Give two reasons the USA did not join the League of Nations
Lack of support for ToV, Intervention, Anti-Imperial, Trade
What does collective security mean?
countries working together to stop wars
What was the name of Britain and France's secret pact to give Abyssinia to Italy?
Hoare-Laval Pact
What year was the League of Nations set up?
1920
What sanctions did the League place on Italy in 1935?
Banned weapons sales, sanctions on rubber and metal
Italy left the League of Nations in 1937: True or False
True
Which event in 1929 caused a Global Depression?
Wall Street Crash
What did Germany do in 1933 after not getting what they wanted from the disarmament conferences?
Left the League of Nations
Name two commissions of the League
Mandate Commissions, Refugee Committee, Slavery Commission, Health Committee
Which country was secretly re-arming during the disarmament conferences of the 1930s?
Germany
Which two countries were the League worried about in the early 1930s?
Japan and Germany
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
What did Japan do after the League ordered it to leave Manchuria in 1933?
Left the League of Nations and continued invasion
Which president came up with the idea of a League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
Give on incident in the 1920s and why it showed the success of the LoN
Aaland Islands, Bulgaria
Give one incident in the 1920s and why it showed the weaknesses of the LoN
Corfu, Vilna
In what year did the League close down?
1939
What were the 4 aims of the League of Nations?
Discourage Aggression, Cooperate, Disarm, improve Living Conditions
After publicly denouncing collective security, what policy did British PM Chamberlain then follow in the 1930s?
Appeasement
Which country invaded Abyssinia in 1935?
Italy
The Disarmament conferences of the 1930s were successful. True or False
False