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League of Nations
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- 1Briefly outline 3 successes of the LoN- closed down 4 big Swiss companies involved in drug trafficking
- solved small conflicts like between Sweden and Finland over the Aland islands
- attacked slave traders in Africa and Bur,a - 2Briefly outline 2 failures of the LoN- Many important countries weren't in the LoN like the USSR, USA, Japan (left in 1933) and Germany
- countries continued to make treaties and alliances which meant they didn't believe in the LoN - 3What were the 6 main parts of the LoN?- The General Assembly
- The Council
-The Secretariat
- The International Labour Organisation
- The Health Organisation
- The Permanent Court of International Justice - 4What is the General Assembly?An annual conference, in which three representatives of every country had to be present that only had one vote alltogether, where decisions were made
- 5The CouncilConsisted of 8-13 members (of which Japan, Britain, France and Italy were permanent) that solved international arguments
- 6The SecretariatProtocolled everything that happened in the General Assembly and Council
- 7The International Labour Organisation (ILO)An independent organisation that improved working conditions for men, women and children
- 8The Health OrganisationAn independent organisation that attempted to get rid of diseases such as leprosy
- 9The Permanent Court of International JusticeSettled legal disputes between nations that consisted of 15 judges of different nationalities
- 10Briefly outline the 5 main aims of the LoN- To safeguard peace between nations
-To help improve trade
- To get rid of drug-trafficking
- To control disease
- To improve conditions for workers - 11What were the three main "powers" the League of Nations had to achieve their goals?1. Moral Persuasion
2. Economic sanctions
3. Military forces - 12Why wasn't moral persuasion effective?No consequences were allowed to be taken if a country didn't follow the moral persuasion
- 13Why weren't economic sanctions effective?Important trading countries like the USSR, USA, Germany and Japan ended up not being in the League
- 14Why weren't military forces effective?As the League didn't have its own army it was obliged to rely on other countries lending them armies
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- 8. klasse Geschichte FlashCards sobre League of Nations, criado por Lilli G em 15-10-2018.
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