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| Question | Answer |
| Briefly 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 |
| Briefly 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 |
| What 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 |
| What 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 |
| The Council | Consisted of 8-13 members (of which Japan, Britain, France and Italy were permanent) that solved international arguments |
| The Secretariat | Protocolled everything that happened in the General Assembly and Council |
| The International Labour Organisation (ILO) | An independent organisation that improved working conditions for men, women and children |
| The Health Organisation | An independent organisation that attempted to get rid of diseases such as leprosy |
| The Permanent Court of International Justice | Settled legal disputes between nations that consisted of 15 judges of different nationalities |
| Briefly 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 |
| What were the three main "powers" the League of Nations had to achieve their goals? | 1. Moral Persuasion 2. Economic sanctions 3. Military forces |
| Why wasn't moral persuasion effective? | No consequences were allowed to be taken if a country didn't follow the moral persuasion |
| Why weren't economic sanctions effective? | Important trading countries like the USSR, USA, Germany and Japan ended up not being in the League |
| Why 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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