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Flashcards by Drew Bott, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What were the main aims of the League of Nations? | Prevent conflict World Disarmament Collective Security (Article 10) Improve working and living conditions Encourage co-operation |
| Weaknesses of the league? | Too Eurocentric / The most powerful countries in the world were not members e.g USA didn't want to join / Russia and Germany weren't allowed / had no standing army / Britain & France not committed (self-interest) |
| Why did America decide not to join the League? | American Congress refused to join. US following policy of ISOLATIONISM Didn't want to get involved in other countries problems and didn't like the Treaty of Versailles. |
| What were the strengths of the League? | Moral force of the Treaty of Versailles. At the start about 42 countries were members - rose to 59 Had mechanisms and structure (Council, Assembly, Sanctions) Mood of internationalism post WWI |
| What did the organisation of the League include? | Assembly, Council, Permanent Court of Justice, Secretariat, Special Commissions e.g The international labour organisation, slavery commission, world health commission |
| What was the assembly? (Based in Geneva, Switzerland) | The League’s ‘Parliament’ All Members met / once a year Could make recommendations to the council Voting system unanimous |
| What was the council? | The Executive, decision making body / 4 permanent members (Britain, France, Italy, Japan) / 5 non permanent (elected by Assembly) Met 5 times a year and in emergencies Could initiate SANCTIONS |
| What was the Permanent Court of Justice? | 15 international judges at The Hague (Netherlands) Could provide ARBITRATION / mediation on disputes. Weakness - rulings were not legally binding. |
| What was the secretariat? | Worked as a 'civil service' / prepared agendas, kept records, prepared reports, translations etc Included experts on health, education, economics - to ‘advise’ |
| What did the international labour organisation do? | Worked to improve working conditions. set labour standards, developed policies and devised programmes promoting decent work ... To help avoid abuse of workers - e.g rules on child Labour |
| The slavery commission | Defined slavery, commitment to work collectively to eradicate it by land and sea, esp. in League mandates, organise a convention (1926/27), agree ‘sanctions’ for infraction, |
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