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22 Cards in this Set
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Wilson said the League should be like a...?
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World Parliament where representatives from all countries could meet regularly
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What was the aim of the LON? |
Keep peace by stopping wars, encouraging disarmament and improving living and working conditions across the world
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How many articles were in the Covenant and what were they?
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26. They were a set of rules that each country in the LON agreed to follow.
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The LON was meant to avoid future wars and improve relations by doing what 4 things?
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Discourage countries from being aggressive, Solve problems between countries through selective security, Reduce weapons so there wouldn't be another arms race and Improve living and working conditions for people across the world.
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What did Clemenceau think the LON should be like? |
Clemenceau thought the League should be strong with its own army
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What was Collective Security?
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If one country attacked another, all the members of the league would join together and act against the aggressor.
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What could the League do if one if its rules were broken?
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If a country broke one of the leagues rules the other members would promise to stop trading with it and send troops if necessary to force it to stop fighting.
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How hopeful were people about the LON in 1919?
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Most people were very hopeful about the LON in 1919 as they thought that with the USA in the driving seat along with other powerful nations the trading sanctions and possibly the combined armies would be a great threat to countries who disturbed peace.
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What did Lloyd George think about the LON?
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Lloyd George thought the LON was a good idea but he thought it should only meet in emergencies. |
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Why was the USA joining so important?
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USA's president came up with the LON and the USA were a major power that would've been in the driving seat of the League strengthening economic sanctions and intimidating countries trying to disturb peace
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What year did the LON open?
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1920 |
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What did France want the League to be like and why?
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France wanted the League to be strong with an army so they could deal with Germany if they ever tried to take revenge |
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Name 2 things the LON wanted to achieve?
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Improve relations between countries, prevent future wars |
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Why didn't America join the League?
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Because many people heated the TOV, also they didn't want to send troops to fight in LON wars, many businessmen didn't want to ruin trade and many people were Anti-British/French |
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Who were initially not asked to join the League and why?
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Russia and Germany because Russia was communist and Germany had just lost and been blamed for WW1
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In what year did the Japanese claim that the South Manchurian railway had been sabotaged by the Chinese?
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1931 |
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Did the Japanese government sanction the army's attack on the Chinese forces at Mukden?
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No, they claimed they were restoring order and setting a local difficulty |
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What is the name of the commission set up by the LON to investigate the Manchurian Crisis?
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Lytton Commission |
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How did Japan justify their attack on the Chinese to the LON?
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Japan claimed it had gone ini Manchuria to restore order and was setting a local difficulty
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How long did it take the Lytton Commission to publish their report on the Manchurian Crisis?
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A full year |
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What did the Lytton Commission decide about who should govern Manchuria?
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The report suggested Manchuria should become a self-governing state
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Why did the League impose trading sanctions against Japan?
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Trading Sanctions weren't used as Japan's main trading partner was the USA who weren't in the LON so it wouldn't affect them, also Britain wanted to keep on good terms with Japan to resume trade with it and most countries were suffering from the economic depression and needed trade |
