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 Peacekeeping - the Aims of the League

The League of Nations was President Wilson's idea to stop another war.

  

Its aims were set out in its Covenant, and included:

Using textbooks, the this explanation of the Covenant Aims of the League, make notes on these key articles of the League's Covenant.  

  

Article 8

  

Article 23

  

  

The aim of the League was to 'achieve international peace and security', by:

Using textbooks, the notes from the e-booklet, and the essay on the aims and work of the League in the 1920s, make notes on the peacekeeping role of the League.  

In addition, you could expand your notes using these web-links:

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One easier articles is this BBC site on the League of Nations

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But you ought to know what the League actually did to keep the peace in the 1920s,
bullet    And you must read President Wilson's speech in favour of the League

  

The Peacekeeping Role of the League

  

  

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Article 8 - hints
 •   What did it say?

•   What does that mean?

Article 10 - hints
 •   What did it say?

•   What does that mean?

•   What did Wilson think about Article 10?

Article 23 - hints
 •   What did it say?

•   What does that mean?

Peacekeeping Role - hints

•   How did the League propose to achieve this?

•   What problems were involved in this?

•   The League hoped to bring international stability by improving people's life and jobs.   What kinds of things did the League hope to achieve?

•   Another aims of the League was Disarmament.   What happened - what are the key facts?   Why was this so difficult?

•   Finally, the League hoped to keep peace by enforcing the Treaty of Versailles.   How did the League propose to achieve this?   What problems were involved in this?

 
 
 

Wilson - hints

•   What did Wilson say about:

     - the aims of the League?

     - why the League was important?

     - how the League would keep the peace?