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1.Which countries were involved in the Vilna dispute event?
Poland and Lithuania
the league supported which country's refugees in 1922?
Turkish
How often did the Assembly meet?
Once a year.
Which major peace treaty, signed in 1919, formally ended World War I and also established the Covenant (founding document) of the League of Nations?
The Treaty of Versailles.
What does SIDE represent
Stop war
Improve peoples lives and jobs
Disarmament
Enforce the treaty of Versailles
the fail of League in 1931
Manchuria incident
name two other humanitarian successes despite the refugees
improve public health worldwide, stop slavery trades around the world, improved working conditions.
List six organizations of the League of Nations.
Assembly, Council, Secretariat, Justice, Refugee, Labour
* Britain, France, Italy and Japan
Name 3 countries that didn’t join the LoN at first and why
United States: The U.S. Senate refused to join because they didn't want the country to be pulled into foreign wars by the League's rules.
Germany: As the country that lost World War I, it was not allowed to join at first.
Soviet Union : The other founding countries, who opposed the communist government, excluded it on purpose.
Why did the league fail?
Lack of Universal Membership
Ineffective Decision-Making
No Standing Military
Why did the League fail in 1923? What happened?
Corfu incident. Because behind the scenes, the Italian leader Mussolini persuaded the Conference of Ambassadors to change the League’s ruling.
how many boarder disputes did the league solve in 1921?
3
List all permanent members when the League was found.
Britain, France, Italy and Japan
What were the two main, broad goals of the League of Nations as outlined in its Covenant?
1) To maintain world peace through collective security and disarmament. 2) To promote international cooperation on issues like health, labor, and refugees.
Why the USA did not want to join the League of Nations?
Congress voted not to join and Wilson’s party lost the next election, as a result the USA did not join and became isolationist.
This meant that USA’s power and wealth was missing from the League and that any sanctions the League used would be less effective.
Why wasn’t the league’s sanction successful?
Because USA didn’t join and didn’t have to follow the rules, so countries could still trade with USA.
how did the league solve the incidents in Upper Silvia
by plebisciting
Which organization’s major function was to settle international disputes?
The Council.
How did the foundational weaknesses of the League of Nations cause its eventual breakdown?
1. Missing Major Powers
The U.S. never joined, and Germany & the USSR were excluded early on. This left it without key military and economic power.
2. No Real Power to Enforce Rules
It relied on economic sanctions and moral condemnation, but had no army of its own. Major countries refused to send troops to stop aggressors.
3. Decisions Required Everyone to Agree
Any major action needed unanimous votes in the Council, so aggressive member states (like Japan or Italy) could block responses to their own invasions.
How did the USA’s failure to join the League of Nations make the League weaker (4 aspects) ?
USA’s Powerful Military
The League of Nations would not have strong leadership
Economic Sanctions would be weaker
USA’s Economic Strength
Why was the fail of the league inevitable?
born after ww1;faced with the great depression; rise of extreme nationalism(Hitler)
what common features of all the boarder disputes have
all supported by big countries
The budget was allocated by which organization?
The Assembly.(the League was supported financially by its member states).
Many historians argue that the League's failure was "baked in" from its origins. How did the inherent tension between its idealistic principles(like collective security) and the political realities of the post-WWI order (like imperialism and nationalism) manifest in the League's structure and early operations?
This tension was evident in the creation of the Mandates System (which repackaged colonial control under League "supervision"), the rejection of racial equality clauses proposed by Japan, and the priority given to preserving the territorial status quo of the victorious Allied powers over addressing genuine grievances, which alienated defeated and marginalized nations and undermined its moral authority.
What is the Wilson’s Plan for the League (3 aspects)
1. All major nations would join the League.
2.They would disarm
3.If they had a dispute with another country they would take it to the League, and they would have to accept the decision it made.
4.If a member went to war, other members had to stop trading with it and send troops to stop the fighting if necessary.