Problems with the League of Nations
This is about the problems with the League of Nations
- Created by: Harriet Tyrrell
- Created on: 02-05-13 18:27
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- Problems with the League of Nations
- Why didn't the USA join?
- America hadn't liked the Treaty of Versailles
- They thought the League of Nations was connected to it
- They thought it would be too expensive
- Wanted to only have to worry about American problems
- Isolationism
- Wanted to only have to worry about American problems
- Many thought that people should be free under democracy
- Weren't willing to be dragged into wars to help countries like Britain and France keep undemocratic colonies
- Wilson's political enemies wanted to make him unpopular and get rid of him
- America hadn't liked the Treaty of Versailles
- It wasn't powerful enough
- Britain and France were in charge
- Neither country was strong enough after the war
- Economic and Military sanctions couldn't work without the USA
- Some countries were too busy rebuilding to be able to apply them
- Germany and Russia were not allowed to be members when it was first formed
- The League had no army of its own
- Many countries didn't want to commit troops to war
- Some countries like Italy were prepared to ignore the League
- Everyone had to agree before anything happened
- The Court of Justice had no powers to make a country act
- Britain and France were in charge
- Two conflicts caused problems in 1923
- The Corfu Incident
- Mussolini occupied Corfu in 1923 after the murder of an Italian diplomat
- Mussolini demanded financial compensation and an apology from Greece
- Mussolini got the decision overturned and received the money and apology
- The League demanded that they should be given the money
- Mussolini demanded financial compensation and an apology from Greece
- Mussolini got the decision overturned and received the money and apology
- The League demanded that they should be given the money
- The League looked weak
- The League looked weak
- The League demanded that they should be given the money
- Mussolini got the decision overturned and received the money and apology
- The League looked weak
- Mussolini demanded financial compensation and an apology from Greece
- The League demanded that they should be given the money
- Mussolini got the decision overturned and received the money and apology
- The French occupation of the Ruhr
- Germany failed to keep up with the reparations
- France invaded Ruhr in 1923
- League didn't intervene
- USA helped with the Dawes
- France withdrew from the Ruhr in 1925
- USA helped with the Dawes
- League didn't intervene
- France invaded Ruhr in 1923
- France invaded Ruhr in 1923
- League didn't intervene
- USA helped with the Dawes
- France withdrew from the Ruhr in 1925
- USA helped with the Dawes
- League didn't intervene
- Germany failed to keep up with the reparations
- The Corfu Incident
- Why didn't the USA join?
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