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Why was the League of Nations set up in 1919?  
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Because Wilson wanted it more than anything else.

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What Treaty set up the League of Nations  
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Treaty of Versailles

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What were the four aims of the League of Nations?  
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Stop Wars

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Improve people's lives and jobs

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Disarmament

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Enforce the Treaty of Versailles

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What happened when Wilson went back home to America?  
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The Senate refused to join the League or ratify the Treaty of Versailles

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Why did the Americans not want to join the League of Nations?  
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Many Americans were German immigrants and hated the Treaty of Versailles

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Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might involve Americans dying in a war.

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Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might cost money

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Many Americans were anti-British and hated the British Empire (the American revolution had been to get out of the British Empire)

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How many countries joined the League of Nations in 1919?  
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42

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How many members did the League have in the 1930s?  
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60

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Name three powerful countries which were not members of the League.  
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USA

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USSR

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Germany

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Why was Russia not a member of the League?  
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A Communist country, hated Britain and France

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Why was Germany not a member of the League?  
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Not allowed to join by the Treaty of Versailles

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Who were the four main members of the League?  
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Britain, 

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France,

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Italy, 

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Japan

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What four powers did the League have to enforce its decisions?   Explain  them.
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Covenant

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Condemnation

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Arbitration

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Sanctions

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What did the League NOT have which made it hard for it to enforce its decisions?  
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An army

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What were the eight main parts of the League’s organisation?  
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Secretariat

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Council

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Assembly

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Court of International Justice

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Health Committee

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International Labour Organisation

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Refugees Commission

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Mandates Commission

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Slavery Commission

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How many times a year did the League’s ‘Assembly’ meet?  
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once a year

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How many times a year did the ‘Council’ meet?  
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4-5 times a year, and when necessary

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What did the ‘Court of International Justice’ do?  
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settled small disputes

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What did the ‘Health Committee’ of the League do?  
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tried to improve the health of the people of the world

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What did the ‘Slavery Committee’ of the League do?  
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Tried to free all slaves

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What did the ‘Refugee Committee’ of the League do?  
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tried to get refugees home, or into camps

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What was the job of the Secretariat’?  
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To organise the work of the committees, and liaise between them

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Which two countries were involved in the Corfu dispute of 1923?  
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Italy and Greece

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Who was the leader of Italy?  
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Mussolini

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Which two countries were involved in the Bulgaria incident of 1925?  
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Bulgaria and Greece

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How many prisoners of war did the League get home?  
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Half a million

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In which country did the League set up a refugee camp?  
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Turkey

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Which two diseases did the League try to destroy?  
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leprosy and malaria

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How did the League try to say no to drugs?  
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Closed down 4 Swiss drugs companies

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How many slaves did the League set free?  
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200,000

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Which two countries did the League send economics experts to?  
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Austria and Hungary

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What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact promise in 1928?  
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To abolish war

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How did Britain and France make Germany pay reparations in 1921?  
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Invaded the Ruhr

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What did the League try to arrange at its disarmament conference?  
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All nations to reduce their weapons

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Why did the Disarmament Conference of 1931 fail?  
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Hitler demanded equality with the other countries

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Which country broke the Treaty of Versailles by attacking Russia in 1920?  
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Poland

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What did the League’s ‘International Labour Organisation’ try to do?  
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48-hour week

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Which country invaded Manchuria in 1931?  
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Japan

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What was the ‘economic depression’ of the 1930s?  
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Wall Street (the US Stock Market) crashed

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USA called in loans

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Factories closed down

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People out of work/ starved

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Why didn’t France and Britain try to force Japan to leave Manchuria?  
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Did not want to go to war

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Which country did Italy invade in 1935?  
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Abyssinia

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What did Britain and France secretly agree with Italy?  
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to let Italy have Abyssinia

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What effect did the League’s failures in Manchuria and Abyssinia have?  
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Destroyed confidence in it

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Many countries left

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List seven reasons the League failed.
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Weak

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America

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Structure/ organisation

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Dictators

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Unsuccessful

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Members

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'Big Bullies'