General
The year the League of Nations was created.
1919
What year did the Manchurian Crisis begin?
1931
What year did the Abyssinian Crisis begin?
1935
This high flying politician spent several decades dreaming up the League of Nations.
President Woodrow Wilson
Prime minister of Britain during the Treaty of Versailles.
David Lloyd George?
Three major countries did not join the League of Nations at the beginning.
USA, Germany and USSR
Manchuria is a small area in...
China
Abyssinia is located on this continent.
Africa?
He was the fascist dictator of Italy who invaded Abyssinia.
Benito Mussolini?
Compensation to be paid by the defeated powers to the victorious powers for the cost of the war.
Reparations
After the Treaty of Versailles, this was the major aim of the League of Nations.
"The end of all wars"
This country came to "protect" their railway in Manchuria, using this as an excuse to invade the rest of China.
Japan
This country came marching into Abyssinia to create a new "Roman" empire.
Italy
The League of Nations' home is this European city.
Geneva, Switzerland?
A list of key ideas of how the world should be governed by Woodrow Wilson.
The "Fourteen Points"
To stay in the League, members had to play by the rules.
The Covenant of the League
The League of Nations responded like this once the Lytton Commission was put in charge, causing one of its major members to leave the League.
Condemnation of Japanese aggression
What was the response of the League of Nations to the invasion?
- Condemned the invasion as an act of aggression.
- Sanctions ended trades in arms.
- Very little was actually done...
This region, taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, was one of the first to be invaded by Hitler.
The Rhineland
As 1929 struck, times became hard, and there were little jobs and food to be had. It was the time of...
The Great Depression
Name a weakness of the League of Nations.
- A lack of power
- A lack of unity and organization between members
- A lack of preparation to take action when the interests of its major members, for example Britain, were not at stake.
After one of its major members left the League and started conquering other parts of China, the League was perceived in this way
Weak
What effect did the Abyssinian Crisis have on the League?
The League discredited, because it not only failed to act effectively, but some of its most powerful members (Japan and now Italy), had acted against it.
This event was considered the first real "test" for the League of Nations when Greece and Italy seemed on the brink of starting war in the 1920's.
The Corfu Incident
The attitude of the USA towards international affairs after WW1, believing that Europe's issues should be left to Europe.
The policy of isolationism