The League of Nations
The League
of Nations formally came into existence on January 10, 1920, the same day that
the Versailles Treaty came into operation. With headquarters in Geneva in
Switzerland, one of its main aims was to settle international disputes before
they got out of hand, and so prevent war from ever breaking out again.
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- The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
- Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
- How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
- Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
- Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
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1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
The league of nation felt into three successful categories, they were political, social and economic. For economic under article 16, the league of nations came into a decision to help each other under the “financial and economic measures” this would help maintain stable economy for the nations. For political session, there were many small conflicts (which were mainly over strips of lands) between nations which were when the politicians came in. One good example is the Sweden and Finland fighting over the Aaland Island, which in conclusion, Finland ended up with the piece of land without any major conflict. Last, the social session or you can say the communities. Communities were created under the Turkish command which refined independent nations.
2. Was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The League was often no able to enforce its decisions because this was a serious weak point in the League of Nation. The League of Nations tried their best to not get unknown decisions because the League did not have any military force itself. But on Article 16 it suggests that if necessary, to supply troops. This all came to an end in 1923 where members that represented a certain nation would chose or not fight over a crisis which didn’t really make any sense due to the goal of League of Nations which was to stop any conflicts between nations.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 5 of the League of Nations was the article that included covenant towards America. The League of the nations had some covenant problems because meetings would only be able to be hosted by the President of the U.S.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
(I’m guessing you meant how the League was successful and Unsuccessful after WW1) The League were successful in many ways after World War one, maintain the Leagues goal was to completely stop any conflicts between nations in the 1920s and maintain other nations need for example , the economy. On the other side the League of Nations became unsuccessful when events started to happen after 1928 making the league nations no longer have control between nations and nations slowly started to withdraw out of the League later on ending completely League of nations. So in conclusion there the good and the bad sides in the history of the League after World War 1
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The League was successful in resolving international disputes because when the League was formed back in 1920, there were numerous amount of obligation internationally for other nations which were sets of regulations set towards military, naval and air force power to decrease power. League of Nations thought decreasing power between nations military would automatically maintain peace and increase national safety.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There were no major international conflicts during the 1920s because the League of Nations demanded minimum amount of military, naval and air force power for all nations that were part of the League, this would demand no nations to fight another nation. If one nation ever broke this obligation which was mandatory they would face consequences.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
ReplyDeleteDuring 1920s the League of Nations accomplished a great amount of conflicts disruptions which were the League’s main goal, but as years went by events started to happen which slowly made League of Nation become unsuccessful. It all started with the economic crisis in 1929 which the this situation was hard to control and this bought the Great Depression it caused an extreme amount of money loss and loss of employment for most countries. There was also the Japanese invasion of Manchuria which occurred in 1931, it was when the Japanese military invaded the territory of Manchuria but on the other side Manchuria refused to be controlled by the League causing the land to be invaded by the Japanese. Another event was the failure of the World Disarmament Conference in 1932 to 1933; this was mainly between the two big rivals, France and Germany. Germany asked France for equal armaments but France demanded an eight year wait, Unfortunately Hitler used France’s attitude as an excuse to no longer participate in the League of Nations. One last and main event that happened and which caused major failure for the League of Nation was the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, this was the most serious conflict which made nations no longer take the League of Nation in a serious manner. This was all caused by the Japanese, Italy and Germany and France and Britain had no control to stop these events.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
In my opinion I think at the begging when the League of Nation started well when they had many rules/ obligations that nations would have to follow if included in the League providing world peace, without the League I would have predicted many other conflicts with Germany and its enemies due to the Treaty of Versailles which demanded full blame for cause of this Great war towards Germany, this was prevented by the League of Nations. On the other side Historians thinks that the League of Nations was not a failure or a total irrelevance in world history. A book that was published in 2010 named “The League of Nations” on the book the Published assumes: “marked an important step on the road to our contemporary global system of international organization, coordinated through the United Nations, which was built on the foundation of the League’s experience” this was a big step into the world diplomacy.
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1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
ReplyDelete- For political a example of the Leagues success was when Germany and Poland had disputes of what was theirs in the importance of the industrial area of Upper Silesia. The League had voted to divide between the two states. For economic the League had got its weaknesses revealed when situations started to get a bit out of hand. In most countries unemployment was occurring and I would say a great depression happened. In my opinion I would say the social part of the League would be them gathering together in assemblies and discussing the problems going on. This gave small states a chance to be heard and announce their problems.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- The League was unable to enforce decisions because there were many weaknesses in the covenant. Like for example the League of Nations was already missing 3 of the world’s powers. The League also had no military support even though it was expected from members of the League to supply their own troops. There was many attempts where they tried to make the covenant stronger but it failed because the needed a unanimous vote in order to make the changes.
3. Explain article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- Article 10 of the League of nations covenant is trying to inform others that they’ll be trying to keep peace between countries and respect others territory. But if the council of the League of Nations felt threatened then the council will punish or provide a decent obligation that shall suit the means.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War 1? Unsuccessful?
- The League of Nations after war was successful with a few things. Like the Refugee Organization or even the Health Organization when causes of epidemics were likely to spread all around Europe where they conducted a “typhus epidemic” in Russia. They were also good at supervising the lost territory that Germany and Turkey lost. The one thing the League wasn’t good at though was persuading other members to reduce the amount of armaments.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in 1920?
- They were good with solving international disputes until the 1930s. They had handled problems before they escaladed into anything bigger such as when Germany invaded Bulgaria because shooting incidents occurred on the frontier, the League had stepped in and withdrawn Germany troops and damages were paid to Bulgaria. So the League of Nations were successful to some extent.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
ReplyDelete- There were no major conflicts during the 1920s because the League handled most of the political disputes so they didn’t escalade into anything to big. They also made sure a country had a limit on armaments (Military weapons and equipment). Another reason there were no international conflict was because there was a committee for international problems. But if a dispute was made and it was threatening a war then it would have been sent to deal with the League and if it broke the covenant, they would face “collective action by the rest”.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- The League of Nations failed during the 30’s because they were missing out on powers from the US and USSR. The League started to become only a French/British affair. It really became a problem once the economic crisis occurred and a lot of people became unemployed. Another time they failed was when Japan invaded Chinese territory and refused to follow the Leagues commands on withdrawing her troops. The League knew they couldn’t win without American support. Japan soon enough withdrew from the League.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- I would agree to some extent that the League of Nations was a total irrelevance in world history. I would only say it was a little irrelevance because problems only started to occur the year of 1929 during the economic crisis and beyond. That’s when I would say the League started to break down. Other than that I would say the League did okay during the 1920s.
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The League of Nations
1. The league’s success fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
One success that falls into economic was the international labour organization, which was about getting the French governments to improve the working conditions such as minimum wage, total working hours, ect. One political dispute that was a success was when the Greeks had came into Bulgaria and caused some damages, so the league had to intervene and make the Greek troops pay for all the damages. One social success was with the conference of ambassadors which was a meeting where the problems of the treaty of Versailles were handled.
2. Why was the league often unable to enforce its decisions?
The league was often unable to enforce its decisions because it had a weak organization overall. The covenant was full of weakness with no military support and they could never get unanimous decisions.
3. Explain article X of the League of Nations covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
In the article x (10), it states that they respect and protect the territories of the leagues and if they feel threatened then the members of the leagues will do the opposite.
4. In what ways was the league successful after world war one? Unsuccessful?
The league was successful in Silesia when Upper Silesia was decided to be split between Germany and Poland. The Aaland Islands was where there was a dispute between Sweden and Finland on who owned them and the league had made a decision on that it belonged to Finland because it was theirs in the first place. The league was unsuccessful in stopping a war in turkey. Another example was when the polish and Czech troops were in a dispute over who should get Teschen and the dispute remained unsettled because neither side accepted the decisions. There were many more unsuccessful disputes.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The League of Nations was pretty successful in the 1920s because they had settled several political disputes and all the leagues of nation’s decisions were accepted. For example Finland and Sweden, Germany and Poland, Greeks and Bulgaria all had successful settled disputes.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s?
There were no major international conflicts because none of the disputes had threatened world peace and it was easy for the League of Nations to make decisions that were accepted.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
The League of Nations was a success during the 1920s because they had everything under control and had settled lots of disputes. Once it got to the 1930s the League of Nations had became a French /British affair since the USA and the USSR never joined. Italy had also left making the league weak. Then came the great depression so things went out of control, Japan had invaded the Chinese territory of Manchuria in 19131. The world disarmament conference had failed and Italy had then invaded Abyssinia. The League of Nations had no control of anyone so they became unsuccessful.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
I don’t think that the League of Nations was a complete failure because it did resolve some problems and without it I think the disputes could have resulted into something bigger and the 1920s could have been worse. Even though it had its ups and downs I believe it was a smart and useful idea that was helpful for a short amount of time.
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Miladys Florentino
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Ms.Noce
1.The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
- An example for political towards the League of Nations, was mostly about land disputes in between countries as well as countries becoming rivals and the League had no saying. An example of economic within the League of Nations, would be what was called the Great Depression which caused unemployment and also living standards to extremely fall. An social issue was when all commissioners came together and actually had a saying about what was going wrong and how they could make it better.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- The League was unable to enforce its decisions due to the fact that it didn’t have any military power what so ever and also, the most powerful countries were missing such as USA, which never joined and therefore missed out on a lot .
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- Article 10 of the League of Nations basically says the land will be respected and well maintain but if anything goes wrong they have the right to take actions. I believed Americans didn’t want the covenant to be so aggressive if anything was to go wrong.
4. In what ways was the League of Nations successful after World War 1? Unsuccessful?
- The League of Nations was successful after World War 1, such as solving problems from here to there but after 1930, the League was falling apart and therefore failed towards preventing war which was a big deal.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
- The League of Nations was very successful when it came to resolving international disputes in 1920. For example, they accomplished economic as well as social work internationally.As well as helping many refugees and prisoners go back home.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s?
- There were no major international problems during the 1920s involving the League of Nations due to the fact that they didn’t have enough powerful countries to back them up as well them not having the military needs which are needed for major international conflicts.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- The League of Nations was successful during the 1920s since it solved minor conflicts but then it was a complete failure by 1936 due to the fact that their authority was being challenged by the Japanese invasion in 1935 and also by the Italian attack on Abyssinia also in 1935. Since then, the respect for the League became very weak and was very known. Other purposes which the League tried to succeed weren’t very successful.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- I believe that the League of Nations wasn’t a complete failure nor a total irrelevance towards world history because even though it didn’t succeed most of the time, most of things actually did. Maybe if the powerful countries joined the League would had have more options onto being more successful. Regardless, they succeed in some areas but I personally don’t think it was irrelevant to world history in any way.
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Victor Harris
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Ms.Noce
1.The leagues successes fall into three catergories:political,social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
-One way the league was succesul was by being political,and one example was between Finland and Sweden. This was over the "Aaland Island", but in this verdict the league sided with Finland. This happened in the 1920's. Dealing with economic measures…". The league wanted to the economic stable. And lastly social, which for me through the articles was the council,everything that was done the council had to discuss and talk about it. Without the council I feel no moves would be made.
2.Why was the League often unable to enforce it's decisons?
-League often couldn't enforce decisions,well the league had no military to force decisions that they had. There were "serious weakeness in the Covenant". The league tried to make covenant more stronger but failed to get votes. Aslo Britian moral was starting to change,because Britian militery was starting to turn weak, which is funny because Britain was a top-dog.
3.Explain article X of the league of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant some Americans have ?
-What article X is trying to tell everybody is that the league is trying to keep the peace between everybody and there territories. Americans felt like it was too far because the council will act upon aggersession and advise a plan.
4.In what ways was the league succesful after world war one? Unsuccessful ?
-One way the league was succesful after world war one was when Bulgaria was attacked by Greeks. What the league did was quick to help Bulgaria. "Greek troops were withdrawn and damages were paid to Bulgaria". This was very succesful, but what wasn't succesful was when the USA didn't improve of the Versailles statement and the league itself. This only happened because the USA was a powerful member that could help with "psychological" and "financial".
5.How successful was the league of nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
-In the 1920s the league was very good of disputing international problems. Examples of the "Greeks invading Bulgaria" and the verdict of Finland and Sweden. These disputes really never meant world harm meaning messing with world peace. In the 1930s this is when the league had people loosing faith in them. The league started to be a laughing stock and a disappointment.
6.Asses the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s
-There were no major conflicts international going around the 1920s because the League Nations stoped the conflicts before it became a major problem. But aslo the league made sure countries was limited to militery uses. This was said because the league wasn't big in there military.
7.Explain why the league of nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936?
ReplyDelete-The 1920s they were hailed for success because the league was good at disputing international problems. But going close to the 1925 to 1930s, an affair with French and British came. It seemed the British was never "enthusiastic" about the league. In 1929 the economic started to go down which was the "Great Depression", and this pointed out the leagues weakness. In 1931 the Japanese invaded Manchuria that told the league they had serious issuses fighting and ecomic problems. In 1935-36 was a fail because states lost faith in the leagues power, also Hitler wanted to break the Treaty of Versailles. The league was a fail, well some historians say.
8.How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history ?
-I would say the League wasn't all a failure. There was pros and cons dealing with this. I felt if the league had a better army to back them up would of been better. The league was great in the 1920s, but going to 1925-1936 it started to go down. Some historians also agree we shouldn't dismiss the league as a failure.
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Samantha Foster
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The League of Nations
1.The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
An example of political success for the League was The Mandates Commission. Its purpose was to oversee governments of the territories that once belonged to Germany and Turkey. An example of social success for the League was The Health Organization which did an excellent job of solving cases of epidemics. This organization excelled at fighting off the typhus epidemic in Russia which was believed spread across Europe if given the chance. The International Labor Organization would be an example of economic success for the League because its purpose was to “fix a maximum working day and week, specify adequate minimum wages, introduce sickness and unemployment benefit, and introduce old-age pensions” ( Handout 11).
2.Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
Enforcing decisions was something that was very difficult for the League due to serious weaknesses in the covenant. The League had no official military although article 16 had required that participating members supply troops if necessary. It was also hard to get unanimous decisions meaning that not all decisions were fully agreed on.
3.Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
To sum it up, article 10 of the League of Nations Covenant is saying that all members of the league should respect each other’s territories to prevent any aggression from happening. If anything should occur, the council would take action.
4.In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
One of the reasons why the League of Nations was successful was because many committees and commissions were created which attained valuable results and international co-operation was something that many encouraged. The International Labor Organization (ILO) was very successful. It was led by French socialist Albert Thomas and its purpose was to “fix a maximum working day and week, specify adequate minimum wages, introduce sickness and unemployment benefits, and introduce old-age pensions” (handout 11). The League of Nations was unsuccessful in many ways one of them being that the League of Nations was too attached to the Treaty of Versailles. This made it seem like that League of Nations was created solely for the conveniences of the winning powers. Another reason why the League of Nations was unsuccessful is because the US had never joined. Despite being and idea from President Wilson, the US senate had rejected the US being part of the League of Nations which was a huge disadvantage because the league lacked a member would have been of great psychological and financial benefit.
5.How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
ReplyDeleteIn the 1920s, the League of Nation was quite successful in resolving international disputes. There were many international disputes that were settled like the quarrel between Finland and Sweden for example. Finland and Sweden had quarreled of the Aaland Islands. The situation was resolved when the verdict had sided with Finland. There was also a dispute between Germany and Poland. Germany and Poland both had claims on the industrial area of Upper Silesia. The League thought it would be best for the area to be divided between the two nations.
6.Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
The reason why there no major international conflicts during the 1920s is because the disputes that occurred between the nations weren’t drastic enough to threaten world peace. Decisions that were made never went against states that might prove to be a threat to the league and its verdict.
7.Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s because it had settled many international disputes. However, by the time it was 1936 the League of Nations was never taken seriously again. The reason why is because some nations defied the league and acted on their own accord. For example in 1929, the Great Depression had brought unemployment and the decrease of living standards to many countries. Japan and Germany along with Mussolini had refused to abide by the rules and took matters into their own hands which the League of Nations failed to put an end to. In 1931, Japan had invaded the Chinese territory of Manchuria. China had brought the situation to the League who then ordered for the withdrawal of Japan’s troops. Japan had refused and the League had suggested that the League govern Manchuria. Japan had also refused this and withdrew from the League in 1933. Germany had also removed itself from the League after it had been denied the equality of armaments. Finally in 1935, Italy had invaded Abyssinia in 1935. The League had taken action by condemning Italy and introducing economic sanctions. However, the sanctions were so half-hearted that Italy was able to take over Abyssinia completely by 1936 without too many troubles. The League of Nations was never taken seriously after 1935 because too many nations had defied it and the remaining league members could no longer support it.
8.How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
On a scale from 1 to 10, I would say the failure of the League of Nations is about a 5. The reason why I would give it a 5 is because I don’t completely believe that the League of Nations was a complete failure. I believe that the League of Nations was at its best when it settled international disputes back in 1920 and just as historian Ruth Henig once said, it was “a bold step towards international cooperation”( handout 11). The League of Nations worked in some ways and in other ways in failed but to call the whole thing a failure and an irrelevance in world history wouldn’t be right.
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Firstworlwar.com(n.d) Primary Documents - Covenant of the League of Nations, 1919-24 accessed November 11, 2013 from http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm
Dimas A. Amezquita
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November 11, 2013
The League of Nation Questions:
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example.
The League of Nation became into three successful categories. They were political, social, and economic. With economic the League of Nations came to a decision to help each other under the “financial and economic measures” which helped nations who had a bad economy. With political, there were many small conflicts between nations about territories, so the politicians stepped in. for example, Sweden and Finland were fighting over the Aland Island. Finland ended up with the piece of land without any major conflict with the help of politicians. The social was created under the Turkish command which refined independent nations.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The League of Nation was unable to enforce their decisions because there were problems in the covenant. For example, the League of Nation had no military support and in article 16 it says that it supplies their own troops. There were many attempts to make the covenant more efficient, but it failed because it caused conflicts between nations.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 10 of the League of Nations said that the land will be respected and well maintain between countries, but if a conflict starts to begin, the League of Nation will have to step in and take action. Americans believed that the League of Nations might be too aggressive.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War 1? Unsuccessful?
The League of Nations was successful and unsuccessful in many ways. One successful way they helped nations was the goal to completely stop any conflicts between nations in the 1920s. They also helped nations who had been suffering economically. The League of Nations became unsuccessful when certain events, such as preventing war. Nations started to leave after 1928. The League of Nation no longer had control between nations and nations slowly started to withdraw out of the League later on ending completely the League of Nations.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The League of Nations was pretty successful in solving international disputes. They would handle problems before problems could increase into major conflicts. For example, when Germany invaded Bulgaria, the League of Nations had to intervene and withdraw Germany troops. Damages were paid to Bulgaria.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There were no major international conflicts during the 1920s involving the League of Nations because they did not have enough major powers to help them. As well not having the military needed to use in major international conflicts.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936?
During 1920s the League of Nations was able to solve a number of conflicts, which were their main goal. As time past events made it difficult for the League of Nations. The economic crisis in 1929 was hard to control for the League of Nation, which bought the Great Depression. This caused an extreme amount of money loss and loss of employment for many countries. The Japanese invasion of Manchuria occurred in 1931. Manchuria refused to be part of the League of Nations causing the land to be invaded by the Japanese. The failure of the World Disarmament Conference in 1932 to 1933 was also a major event which caused the downfall of the League of Nation. Germany asked France for equal armaments, but France demanded an eight year wait. Hitler used France’s attitude as an excuse to no longer be part of the League of Nations. One main event that happened was the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935. This was a serious problem which made nations no longer take the League of Nation in a serious manner.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
ReplyDeleteI would disagree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history because they helped countries after World War1 got back on their feet. They helped end conflicts that could have started a major war. I would not blame them for causing World War 2 because they could not stop or control the actions of other countries. The League of Nations was the closes thing to have world peace in the world.
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The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
The League falls into Political because their were many conflicts over land for example in packet 11 “Germany disputes with Czechoslovakia and poland” this was over land and the league settled the problem. For Social the League would gather the ambassadors and talk about problems going on in the world. For economic they decided to help other countries with financial problems.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The league was often unable to enforce its decisions because the league didn’t have back up like an army so people would just laugh at their rules and not obey them. also the League was missing 3 great nations and that really affected them in enforcing their laws or rules.
3. Explain article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 10 talks about how they want to keep the countries territories to themselves and to respect other countries. also if any of the member of the league took land they would give them a punishment.
4.. In what ways was the League successful after World War 1? Unsuccessful?
The league was successful for somethings after the war like the international labour organization and they also when they split the land Silesia between Germany and Poland. Also they solved a dispute between Sweden and Finland over land. the League was unsuccessful because they weren’t able to get them to reduce their armies.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The league was successful in resolving international disputes because it was after the war and the nations wanted everything to be safer. Also they settles the little problems before they became bigger ones like the Germany invaded Bulgaria they came in and made Germany stop and made them withdraw their soldiers from Bulgaria.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There was no major international conflicts during the 1920s because the League handled the small disputes about political things. So they didn’t escalade into a war or a battle.
They also a committee to deal with the problems the countries had against each others. so that kept countries under control.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
The league was hailed as success during 1920 because they had everything in control and if any country had a problem there was a committee to deal with that problem. They were considered a failure in 1936 because their was a France/British affair because the USA and the USSR joined the league. Italy also left the league that also made them weaker because of support they needed.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
I don’t think the league was a complete failure because they solved some problems that were going on between countries and they also had everything under control until 1936 when the USA and the USSR joined the league and it made certain nations mad and made other nations leave the league. but overall the league was a good idea by Woodrow Wilson and it really helped at some points.
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11/11/13
The League of Nations
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
The League of Nations were presented with several political disputes which were resolved in the early 1920s. One example of those political disputes was between the Greeks and Bulgaria. Bulgaria was invaded by the Greeks and endured some shooting incidents on the frontiers and the League of Nations stepped in. The League of Nations made the Greek troops withdrew and they also paid the damages for Bulgaria. An example of social success for the League of Nations was the French/British affair. This caused events for the League of Nations and their decisions to run smoothly between 1925 and 1930. One example of economic was during the Great Depression which revealed the League's weakness. Unemployment and falling living standards were brought upon most countries.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The League was often unable to enforce its decisions because of the covenant-breaking states. The League was prevented of all financial, commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenant-breaking states and also the nationals of any other state even if their a member of the League or not.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 10 of the League of Nations states that the members of the Leage of nations should be respected as well as their territories. If they were to be attacked or disrespected they would take matters into their own hands. The problem Americans had with the covenant was that it was too aggressive and forceful.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
The League of Nations was successful during WWI because they settled disputes. For example they settled disputes between South American countries. They resolved issues between Peru and Colombia and between Bolivia and Paraguay. A way the League of Nayions was unsuccessful was because of the Great Depression. They weren't able to prevent unemployment and falling living standards.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The League of Nations was pretty successful in resolving international disputes in the 1920s. They were able to settle disputes in a number of countries like Poland, Germany, Sweden, Greece and many more. The League of Nations was able to settle these disputes without war outbreak or before the disputes became too heated.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
I think the reason for why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s was because of the League of Nations. The purpose of the League of Nations was to create peace between nations. When there were conflicts between countries the League of Nations was able to intervene before the conflict became an international dispute. Most of the disputes that the League of Nations handled was between two countries and they were able to rake control and create peace between the two countries before it was blown out of proportion.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
ReplyDeleteThe League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s because of their handling of disputes between countries. They were able to settle issues between a number of countries during the 1920s. It was also considered a failure by 1936 because it wasn't taken seriously at that time due to them being defied. The League of Nations was defied by Japan, Italy and Germany which were aggressive. Members of the League like France and Britain weren't prepared to support it.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
In my opinion I don't think the League of Nations was a complete failure or a total irrelevance in world history. The reason why is because the League of Nations was created to try and create peace between countries and prevent wars. The League of Nations was formed to make international peace and it was a step in a positive direction even though they didn't fully succeed in their plans.
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Ms.Noce
The League of Nations
1.The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
An example of Political towards the league of nations was about the land disputes. One dispute is was between Greek and Bulgaria. An example for social success for the leagues was the french and british affair. one example for economic was the great depression that showed the leagues weakness
2.Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The league was often unable to enforce its decisions because there was a serious weak point. The league of nations didn’t have there own military force either so it was hard for them to make decisions, they were also missing countries as well such as USA , etc so they didn’t really get to do much.
3.Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant is telling us that they are trying to keep peace between countries and respect the country's territory. Now if the leagues of nations feel threatened they will do what they're not suppose to do
4.In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
The ways the league was successful after World War 1 was that they stopped a lot of conflicts during the 1920s. One way they was unsuccessful was when they tried to prevent wars.
5.How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
The league of nations was very successful in resolving international disputes in the 1920s because they helped economic and social works. An example of that is like when they helped the prisoners go back home.
6.Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There were no major international conflicts during the 1920s because the league of nations didn’t have anyone to back them up such as military forces so without that there couldn’t be any major international conflicts.
7.Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
The the league of nations was hailed as a success during the 1920 but was considered a failure by 1936 because during the 1920s the league it solved little conflicts not the major ones. Then in 1936 it was a complete failure because the league was challenged and therefore it caused them weakness and started to become unknown.
8.How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
In my opinion i don’t agree that the league of nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history because they still took some part in world on. Like most of the things they did were successful and some were unsuccessful and thats because they had a reason for it. What i truly think is that if the league of nations had the military force and countries to back them up they would of been more successful.
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http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm
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November 11, 2013
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
- An example of a political success in the League was the different types of political disputes. One of the disputes was when Turkey claimed the province of Mosul, which was part of the British dictated territory of Iraq, the League decided in favor of Iraq. An example of a social success in the League was the International Labor Organization, which was under its French socialist director, Albert Thomas. An example of economic success in the League was an international co-operation to solve economic problems. An improvement that had to do with economic success was to specify adequate minimum wages.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- The League was often unable to enforce its decisions because there were many weaknesses especially in the covenant. The weaknesses made it difficult to solid decisions.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- Article 5 states that all decisions made at meetings of the Assembly or of the Council require the agreement of all the members of the League represented at meetings. It also states that the President of the USA must summon the first meeting. The problem some Americans will have with this covenant is that the U.S. Congress had refused to accept American membership of the League.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
- The League was successful after world war one because many of the committees and commissions had achieved valuable results and many things were done to foster international co-operation. The League was unsuccessful after world war one in many ways, the main reason because it failed to preserve peace.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
- The League of Nations was successful in solving many minor international disputes.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
- The reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s were because the League’s aim was to maintain peace through collective security and to encourage international co-operation. Also, none of the disputes made threatened world peace.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s because it solved many international disputes and it achieved valuable economic and social work. It was considered a failure by 1936 because respect for the League declined as its weaknesses became more apparent.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- The League of Nations was not a complete failure due to the fact that the League did have successes. These successes prove that the League had pros not only cons.
Sources: Handout #11 , http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm
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November 10, 2013
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
• Political—disputes had resolved by countries change into rivals, Poland and Lithuania to Vilna is the first rival claims; and the League had no response to that. Social—countries come in together and discuss what is happening now and how can they use treaties or powers to make the world better. Economic—Great Depression is the biggest effect, which cause most countries in unemployment and living standards are falling.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
• The League often unable to enforce its decisions because due to the countries are rejected to join, like the USA which is a big force at that time; and other powers are not in like the USSR and Germany. When countries are not joining, it made harder for the League to run their plan.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
• Article 10 of the League of Nations is about how to respect and maintain your lands. Some Americans had problems with the covenant is when something goes wrong, aggression will be happen to your land.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
• The League was successful after World War I was solved the left out problems. The unsuccessful was wars were not prevented and it actually makes war happen later.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
• The League of Nations was successful in resolving international disputes in the 1920s. For example, disputes between Finland and Sweden over the Aaland Islands, but last the League went favour to Finland because Sweden and Finland all agree that Aaland Islands should be given to Finland.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920.
• There were no major international conflicts during the 1920 because the League of Nations doesn’t had enough military forces to supported them to go to war with other countries.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
• The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936 because the World Disarmament Conference was fail during 1932-1933 due to Germany ask for equal armaments with France but French not agree and Hitler use France to remove Germany from the conference and from the League. In 1935, Italian invaded Abyssinia because Italy can’t complete Abyssinia’s request that’s why cause invasion happened and started war.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
• There are successful parts of the League and also irrelevance. The League didn’t success all the time, which not enough powers due to not many powerful countries join to back up them and go to war. But I think it relevance to world history.
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• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm
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Ms.Noce
League Of Nations
#1) The league’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide an example for each.
- The League’s successes fall into three categories. They are: political, social, and economic. An example on how the League’s success falls into political is whenever two territories had conflicts in regards have land, the league would intervene to fix the issues. For example, when the Greeks invaded Bulgaria, due to the fact there were shooting incidents on the frontier, the League intervened and as a result, Greek troops were withdrawn and the damages that the Greek caused were paid to Bulgaria. An example on how the League’s success falls into social is the Refugee Organization. This organization was led by Fridtjof Hansen and its aims were to solve problems have former prisoners during the war in Russia and to help them return home. Lastly an example on how the League’s success falls into economic is the International Labour Organization, which hoped to fix a maximum working day and week, low wages, sickness and employment benefits and more.
#2) Why was the League often was unable to enforce its decisions?
- The League was often unable to enforce its decisions because the League had no army have its own. Even though in Article 16 it says that the state is supposed to supply troop if necessary, in 1923 each individual would decide on their own whether or not to fight in a crisis.
#3)Explain article X of the League of Nations covenant. What problems did some Americans have?
- Article X basically states that the Member of the League should respect others territories and that if anyone violates that, then the council would take care of the problem.
#4) In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
- The League of Nations was successful in a way because the Members solved a lot of minor international disputes and also achieved economic and social work. It was also unsuccessful in a way because at the end people stop listening to them because they were not powerful enough.
#5) How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
- We can say that the League was successful in resolving international disputes in the 1920s because only in two cases the League's decisions were not accepted. That means that in most of the time, the League was successful in resolving disputes internationally.
#6)Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
- The reason why there were no major international conflict during the 1920s was because all the conflicts were minor and did not affect world peace.
#7)Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- During the 1920s the League of Nations was hailed as a success because they accomplished many organizations that helped a lot of people like the Health Organization, and solved many minor international conflicts. But it all changed in 1936 because when really powerful states such as Italy defied the League, the League was not prepared to defeat it due to economic issues or because of military action.
#8) How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- I do not think that the League of Nations was a complete failure, or a total irrelevance in world history because they did help out a lot of people during the 1920s as stated above in the other questions.
Sources: Handout #11
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ReplyDelete1. The League’s success fell into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
The League of Nations was not a complete failure; it succeeded in three major fields: political, social, and economic.
An example of political success was the League’s effective solution of the dispute of Germany and Poland on Upper Silesia, an industrial area; which resulted in the area being divided for each country.
An example on social success was the Health Organization, it could be argued that they saved Europe from a typhus epidemic when they managed to control it in Russia before it could begin spreading.
Finally, there were few successes of economic importance; but an example of economic success could be the formation of the International Labour Organization which helped many workers have an acceptable minimum wage, and maximum hours of work so as to not over-work them.
2. Why was the League unable to enforce its decisions?
The main difficulty the League had to enforce its decisions was that it had no support from major powers such as the USA and Russia which would serve as deterrents to other countries. Also, the League had no military of its own to enforce decisions, the members were to aid with their own military; but very few actually used their armies. To make matters worse, the Japanese and Germans left the League in the 30’s, further weakening the authority of the League.
3. Explain article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
Article 10 instates that the League and its members will aid any country that is attacked or if the threat of an attack to a country emerges. Republicans in the USA objected to this article because they felt it obligated America to enter any foreign conflicts and slow the USA in solving internal matters.
4. In what ways was the League successful after WW1? Unsuccessful?
The main success of the League of Nations consists in the many diplomatic solutions to minor conflicts around the world, social institutions being formed and aiding thousands, even millions of people; such as the International Labour Organization and the Organization of Refugees which returned many Prisoners of War and stranded people to return to their countries.
The League was utterly unsuccessful in accomplishing the disarmament of many countries and its failure to assess major conflicts such as the Manchuria Invasion and the Invasion of Abyssinia, in the Invasion of Abyssinia; the League intentionally put very minor sanctions on Mussolini so as to keep him an ally. And they also partially failed their main purpose: To maintain peace; even though they did maintain peace for a small time they did not accomplish it fully.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920’s?
The League was very, very successful in resolving conflicts in Europe. “In all but two cases, the League’s decisions were accepted.” (Handout #11) Even though these conflicts were minor, they still managed to resolve them in a peaceful manner. For example, the League solved the conflict of Greece and Bulgaria; the Greek forces were taken back and reparations were paid to Bulgaria.
6. Assess the reasons there were no major international conflicts during the 1920’s.
To declare a war and fight it; a country must be prepared and fit to combat, no major powers in the 1920’s were able to wage a war, since they were recovering from World War 1. Also, it is possible that since most conflicts during the 1920’s were quickly solved by the League, these never escalated into a war.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed a success in the 1920’s, but was considered a failure by 1936.
ReplyDeleteThe success of the League during the 1920’s was in its ability to solve minor conflicts which arose in that period. It is noteworthy that no major threatening conflicts appeared during the 1920’s since countries were weakened after World War 1. During the 1930’s, major conflicts began to appear and the League’s weaknesses began to appear. The League was not apt to face great conflicts since it lacked major powers in its members. No major powers (such as the USA or Russia) in the League meant that they were not to have the “intimidation factor” as they would have with those great powers on their side to enforce peace, so the now strengthening countries would just disregard the League and do what they please.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
I won’t say that the League of Nations was a tremendous, groundbreaking success; because indeed it failed to accomplish its purpose for a series of reasons, mainly the lack of USA and Russian presence in the League. But it indeed had smaller successes, such as the formation of important social organizations and committees; like the Health Organization which effectively controlled a Russian epidemic before spreading to Europe, the Refugees Organization which took thousands of prisoners of war stranded in Russia back to their homes, and the Mandates Commission which managed and solved the dispute of Germany and Turkey over the Saar region. The League also solved minor conflicts which, hypothetically, could have eventually escalated into a larger war. Mainly the smaller (and constant) Balkan conflicts over land, such as the Greek invasion of Bulgaria.
SOURCES:
Handout #11
http://www.ushistory.org/us/45d.asp
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League of Nations
11/11/13
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1. The League of Nations had successes and failures but successes came out the most. Political wise, the league of Nations came together to find a way to spread the land that Germany had obtain in world war one and distribute it among the allies that won the war. This was a way to maintain total security and fairness to leave Germany without any extra territorial power. Social wise, people who had been affected by the attacks of Germany and any neutral country would receive by political power land that would bring and equality to them. This would create harmony among these countries to satisfy and cover for Germanys damages. Economical wise, the money that was taken out of Germanys pocket would cover for land that was destroyed and to be given to the allies to take control of the money and to be distributed. Of course the countries wanted the money so given threw political powers wouldn’t be a problem to have.
2. The League often was unable to enforce its decisions because there was not a strong connection between the allies that formed this League. The United States wasn’t introduced to the League and some countries like Russia and the accused loser of the Great War, Germany were prevented from entering the League. The countries that were in the League didn’t have so much power, they couldn’t collect themselves to sit down and make an agreement. There was a lot of inefficiency between them and the decision-making was nowhere to be completed. The main issue here was that the United States wasn’t introduced in this League. The United States president was not in action or making things work to enter the league. Even if Wilsons 14 points were like the ideal base of the League, United States had lots of power and without the United States, the league was weak since the United States, the creator of the League wasn’t part of it. According to research, the United States was considered a power peace of a strong bridge created which was their league. Without this peace, the League was weak.
3. Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations talks about rules for (if the occasion came up) there was an outside aggressiveness towards a member of the League. Americans weren’t happy with this because Russia being part of the allies didn’t get to form part of the League. Even if the league was based upon Wilson’s points, there was no association from the United States in the League also.
4. The League was successful after World War 1 because even without the United States they were able to Eurocentric stablelize Political, economical and social wise Europe. Taking the power away from Germany by taking land and money was given to them by them to distribute and equalize what they thought was best for the countries.
5. The League of Nations would find a way to fix the disputes but the laws that were implemented or the ideas wouldn’t be as successful as having the United States there. The United States was like the Sealing of the ideas of the League but since they didn’t have this seal, they ideas were implemented but wasn’t so powerful as it would have been with The US because after passing WW1 was like a way of dealing with what was left over which was the main reason why the league of nations was created.
ReplyDelete6. From the info that was given to me, I come to a conclusion that the League of Nations kept control and stabled during 1920’s because around that time there was no type of international conflict so this showed that even without the united states they tried to maintain an agreement to keep peace internationally.
7. During the 1920’s The League of Nations was hailed for their success in keeping peace internationally but then came 1936 where they became a failure. This was because Issues started to rise that specifically hit economical, social and territorial wise Europe. It was such a big global issue that the league of Nation members that stayed within this group kept backing up and going from success to failure.
8. I can say that I would only go half way into saying that the League of Nations was a frailer because starting off; they did try to complete problems that were big. An International problem is not someone who broke your phone, is mayor economic and governmental issues around the world. Even if in the 30’s their popularity dropped, they managed to stay powerful in the 1920’s to solve issues after WW1.
WORK CITED:
"Firstworldwar.com." First World War.com. N.p., 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
"League of Nations Successes." League of Nations Successes. Enquiries@historylearningsite.co.uk, 18 Mar. 2006. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
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Nov. 11, 2013
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
Economic- All of the nations agreed to help each other with financial problems.
Political- Germany and Poland argued about what property was theirs.
Social- All of the commissioner joined as one and discussed all the problems.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The league was often unable to enforce its decisions because not everyone agreed on the options. Since there were many people from different nations every person had their own cultural perspective making all of the final decisions hard.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
The article is saying all of the members have to respect other nation’s properties to prevent any confutation. The problem that the Americans had was they thought that the other nations weren't going to follow with the agreement.
4. In what ways was the League successful after WW1? Unsuccessful?
The League of Nations was very successful because they were able to resolve any problems the nations were having with each other. However the League of Nations was very unsuccessful because after WW1 they wasn't able to stop the great depression form happening.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
The League of Nations was successful in resolving international disputes in the 1920s because the League of Nations decreased the power between the nations. This would keep peace and keep the safety in the nations.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
The reason why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s because of the League of Nations. They were so committed to keeping the peace and for there to be no drama.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936?
The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936 because they didn't have all the powers. The powers they were missing were the powers form the U.S and USSR.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
During the 1920s I was say that the League of Nations did a good job with the keeping peace part. If you judge it in the 1930s it was a total irrelevance in the world history because there were a lot of problems with the economy.
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November 10 2013
The League of Nations
1.) The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
- The League of Nations strived for success in the working fields. For example it helped many prisoners and refugees that had come from war, to find their way back to their homes safe and sound. That would be an economic success. Also, the League helped settle conflicts, about land between Germany and Poland. The League condenses the tension down by dividing the area that they wanted between the both of them. That was a political success. The League brought many countries close together, and works together. That was a social success.
2.) Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- It was often unable to enforce its decision, because many supporters of the League had many doubts about the future. However, the League was tested many times by the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
3.) Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- The article is basically rules and regulations that they had to swear upon not to break. Some Americans had issues with it because, they just did not agree with it.
4.) In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
- It was successful because economically, the League helped some prisoners and refuges to find their way back home. Also the League solved some international disputes. But there were some unsuccessfulness because the League wasn’t successful on preserving peace. There was still outbreaks, and infect some of those outbreaks lead to the Second World War
5.) How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920?
- It was very successful, because the League had dealed with some legal disputes concerning other states. Also it solved a numerous amount of international dispute between Germany and Czechoslovakia.
6.) Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
- The reasons were because the League had solved abundant of international disputes and also, it led many organizations. Also, the League aimed to keep peace through “collective Security”, and the league wanted to support the “International Co-operation.
7.) Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- Since in the 1920s the League was successful because of how it solved many international disputes and opened organizations that would help the people. Now, many countries like America didn’t agree to it. Since the League was getting challenged, by the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria (1931) it made it a failure, because it was impossible for the Japanese Invasion and the Italian attack on Abyssinia to comply. Then the League just got weaker and weaker and it began to show.
8.) How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- I wouldn’t agree that much because the League had many benefits to it. It’s just that many countries, failed to do what it said. Also, it helps some people because it developed many new organizations. It was not a total irrelevance to world history, because it did lead to some outbreaks in the Second World War.
WORK CITED
Handout #11
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
ReplyDeleteThe League of Nations, while not an entirely successful enterprise, managed to benefit the world in terms of social, political and economic improvements. Many committees and organizations were formed such as the International Labour Organization, the Refugee and Health organizations and the The Mandates Commission. These boosted the social environments with which they dealt, improving citizens ways of life and the conditions they were guaranteed. The League made a great step towards global human rights. Politics were also a great concern of the League and they set about attempting to eradicate the sources of and solve political quarrels and conflicts. These successful interventions included disputes over territory, invasion, and reparation of damages. While these disputes were minor in comparison with the threats of World War One, they were nonetheless successes. The League of Nations also had a hand in improving the world's economic state, as evidenced by points in the various social treatises. The International Labour Organization, for instance, encouraged countries to give citizens higher wages, pensions and overall better economic chances. As these conditions improved around the world, the economy saw a resultant boost.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
While the League came to many decisions, it could not often see them through. The League was originally introduced as a peace-making entity that was to advise on and objectively assess on the issues of the world. While the League could make suggestions, it was not engineered to have the power to enforce its decisions. A country could choose to accept the League's decision or not and the League of Nations met no more than three times a year, so its reaction time was extremely delayed. If the League noticed that countries were acting unfavorably, chances were it was too late to act by the time it was discussed.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
The tenth article of the League of Nations Covenant states that all members of the League who are under threat of another country are entitled to protection by the League. Some Americans saw this as a ball and chain obligating them to become involved in international conflicts of League members. Being geographically separate from the countries in the League, America had a history of staying out of the conflicts going on elsewhere as evidenced by her late involvement in WWI. The Republicans had such troubles with this article that they cited it as on of their reasons for rejecting the League.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
The League was successful in providing some accepted solutions to international disputes and encouraging nations to make improvements to their social and economic terms. The League was also greatly unsuccessful in preserving peace on the large as many nations were reluctant to sway to the League's decisions. Many conflicts were not properly resolved because the League was not well enough supported nor did it include enough of the world do act as a mandating power. Many of its decisions were also ignored due to its inability to make wholly objective decisions.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920's?
ReplyDeleteThe League was unsuccessful in resolving international disputes in the 1920's because, although it was successful in solving a number of conflicts, these did not threaten world peace. While it was directly successful in stifling or smoothing over minor conflicts, the League did not address the sources of possible future issues. While there were no major international conflicts during the 1920's, the League ignored issues they might have addressed to prevent such conflicts.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There were no major international conflicts during the 1920's because many future conflicts were stifled under the aftereffects of World War One. The Versailles Treaty made many territorial or political disputes difficult to broach so quickly after the ink of its signatures had dried.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920's because the few international conflicts drawn to its attention were easily and quickly resolved but was considered a failure by 1936 because more severe issues began to arise such as the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia and the League's power and influence began to crumble.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
While I would not say League of Nations was a complete failure, its successes were irrelevant in the face of the general goals of world peace and it did not make as much of a positive impact as it ought to have.
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Jack Roberts
The league of nation
ReplyDelete1. the league success fall in political because the league would find solutions to end conflicts that would develop in countries due to land and territories. An example was when the league intervene in the conflict that took place between Finland and Sweden due to the Aland Islands.
There success fall in social because of the development of the Health Organization. This organization research the causes of Epidemics and also fought to produce a cure for it before it spread all around Europe. there sucess falls into Economic due to the International Labor Organization, which was lead by a french socialist director, Albert Thomas. It was created to improve working conditions globally. It would organize a working plan on weekdays and weekends, pay minimum wage, inaugurated health benefits and retirement plans for seniors.
2. the league was often unable to enforce its decisions due to the lacking in a military force and also the fact that they didn't let certain countries join them, like the U.S and Germany which could had benefitted them with an army.
3. Article 10 was stating that the league needed to respect each other's territories and if the members failed to do so, they must face the consequences that came with the obligations.
4. The league created the International labour organization to help labors and the working conditions. They created the Refugee Organization, which allowed half a million prisoner to return home. The Health Organization that was developed to find a cure for epidemics. And lastly The Mandates Commission which help Germany obtain Saar again. They were unsuccessful in keeping large aggressive states from conquering small and vulnerable ones. An example was when Japan invaded the Chinese territory of Manchuria, due to the lack of determination among the members.
5.The League were very successful because they created New Organizations to help global countries, economic and social problems.
6. There were major international conflicts during 1920 due to the fact that the league lack a strong powerful military force.
7. The league were hailed because they were actually helping countries better their economic and social issues. But failed in 1936 due to the lack of determination that was shown among the members to solve the problems that surfaced about aggressive countries.
8. I would agree to the point that the league had improve some global situations and then afterwards, they lacked cooperation to solve issues that were present.
Stephanie Santiago
ReplyDeleteNov. 29, 2013
IB History
Ms. Noce
The League of Nations
1. The leagues successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic provide one example for each.
Political: They agree upon 66 occurrences, which made them well known and looked up to as valid use in international politics.
Social: Several states were lucky enough to increase points which worried them and brought growth to the world.
Economic: Representatives were voted once by states the vote was based upon figuring out how to deal with policies.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
The league was unable to enforce its decisions because they failed to maintain peace as planned. The league was associated with the Treaty of Versailles which made it look like a group to ease successful powers. But it was nothing near successful. In March of 1920, the United States had refused their settlement.
3. Explain Article X of the leagues of nations covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
The Leagues of Nations covenant was made up of 26 articles which represented all powers to come together and become a whole. And also bring peace all together to agree as a nation.
4. In what ways was the league successful after ww1? Unsuccessful?
After ww1 the league was successful because of the strength they brought to gain peace internationally. They were successful enough to face all of the international disputes during the time and thought of a way to solve the conflicts against powers. What was unsuccessful was when they tried to prevent problems with Czechoslovakia and Poland because they failed to do so. They weren’t as powerful to end the second world war that was starting.
5. How successful was the league of nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
The League of Nations was successful in multiple ways. In 1921 the league had declared the Aaland Islands to be Finland’s rather then Sweden but that they had to respect and allow no firearms. Later on they approached another success in upper Silesia. The league had marked sides between Poland and Germany so that each can have equal peace. Two years later they accomplished the Memel issue between the port in Lithuania being controlled by the government or league. The port was then placed as an “international zone”. Soon after they were kind enough to settle a conflict involving Greece and Bulgaria. They put an end to the war between both countries.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
There were no major international conflicts during the 1920s because the Britain felt the need to bring peace as well as other countries. They wanted to be safe and secure enough to be successful. They left the decision on the others because they didn’t seem as prepare as them.
7. Explain why the league of nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
During the 1920s the League of Nations was a success because of the powerfulness and peacefulness brought upon the world. In 1936, the League was taken as a joke because of the countries weren’t ready enough to assist, they weren’t as powerful as they thought.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was ‘a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history’?
I don’t agree completely that the League of Nations was a complete failure because it did have its positive outcomes which impacted the world successfully even though it failed at some points because of challenges and differences between countries.
Sources: Handout #12
Dianna Colon
ReplyDeleteIB History 11
Ms.Noce
December 1, 2013
(Revised)
1. The League’s successes fall into three categories: political, social, and economic. Provide one example for each.
- An example of a political success in the League was the different types of political disputes. One of the disputes was when Turkey claimed the colony of Mosul, which was a dictated area of Iraq. In this dispute, the League of Nations was in favor with Iraq. An example of a social success in the League was the International Labor Organization, which was under its French socialist director, Albert Thomas. An example of economic success in the League was an international co-operation to solve economic problems. An improvement that had to do with economic success was to specify adequate minimum wages.
2. Why was the League often unable to enforce its decisions?
- The League was often unable to enforce its decisions because there were many weaknesses especially in the covenant. The weaknesses made it difficult to solid decisions.
3. Explain Article X of the League of Nations Covenant. What problems with the covenant did some Americans have?
- In Article 5, it states that all conclusions made at meetings of either the Assembly or the Council, require the agreement of all the members that were part of the League of Nations. It also states that the President of the USA must summon the first meeting. The problem some Americans will have with this covenant is that the U.S. Congress had refused to accept American membership of the League.
4. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
- The League was successful after world war one because many of the agencies and representatives had accomplished beneficial results and many things were done to promote international co-operation. The League was unsuccessful after world war one in many ways, the main reason because it failed to preserve peace.
5. How successful was the League of Nations in resolving international disputes in the 1920s?
- The League of Nations was successful in solving many minor international disputes.
6. Assess the reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s.
- The reasons why there were no major international conflicts during the 1920s were because the League’s aim was to maintain peace through collective security and to encourage international co-operation. Also, none of the disputes made threatened world peace.
7. Explain why the League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s but was considered a failure by 1936.
- The League of Nations was hailed as a success during the 1920s because it solved many international disputes and it achieved valuable economic and social work. It was considered a failure by 1936 because respect for the League declined as its weaknesses became more apparent.
8. How far would you agree that the League of Nations was a complete failure, a total irrelevance in world history?
- The League of Nations was not a complete failure due to the fact that the League did have successes. These successes prove that the League had pros not only cons.
Sources: Handout #11 , http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/leagueofnations.htm