League of Nations
This U.S. president proposed the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This powerful nation, ironically the League’s “brainchild,” never joined it.
What is the United States?
In 1931, this League member invaded Manchuria without consequence.
What is Japan?
Hitler sought this concept of “living space” for Germany.
What is lebensraum?
The Big Three leaders at Tehran were Churchill, Roosevelt, and this Soviet leader.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The League relied on this principle, where members would defend any other member under attack.
What is Collective Security?
These two European powers dominated the League but often disagreed on its direction.
What are Britain and France?
Mussolini invaded this African country in 1935, further exposing the League’s weakness.
What is Abyssinia (Ethiopia)?
Japan launched a surprise attack on this U.S. base in 1941.
What is Pearl Harbour?
The UN officially formed on this date.
What is 24 October 1945?
These were the three main components of the League’s structure.
What are the Assembly, Council, and Secretariat?
Decisions in the League Council required this, making action difficult.
What is unanimity (unanimous votes)?
Germany left both the League and this disarmament conference in 1933.
What is the Geneva Disarmament Conference?
Hitler’s first major violation of the Treaty of Versailles was the 1936 occupation of this area.
What is the Rhineland?
This document, signed by Churchill and Roosevelt in 1941, laid early groundwork for the UN.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
The League successfully settled a dispute between these two countries over the Åland Islands in 1920.
Who are Finland and Sweden?
The League lacked this, making enforcement of its rulings nearly impossible.
What is a standing military force (army)?
Hitler's 1936 remilitarisation of this zone went unchecked by the League or Allied powers.
What is the Rhineland?
This 1938 conference is infamous for Britain and France’s appeasement of Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
What is the Munich Conference?
The UN’s main security body with five permanent members.
What is the Security Council?
Historian Roland Stromberg called the League this in a “turbulent world.”
What is a “small beacon of hope”?
This historian noted that nations would not “surrender their jealously guarded sovereign power” to the League.
Who is Roland Stromberg?
This conflict (1936–1939) was called a “dress rehearsal” for World War II.
What is the Spanish Civil War?
Japan’s puppet state in Manchuria was called this.
What is Manchukuo?
Name two agencies that stemmed from the UN’s General Assembly.
What are WHO, UNESCO, IMF, World Bank