League of Nations

What were the aims of the LoN? (Check all that apply)

• Discourage aggression from any country

• Encourage co-operation in business and trade

• Encourage disarmament

• Improve working and living conditions for people across the world

Which of these was NOT part of "collective security" the League of Nations would provide?

• Trade sanctions

• Pressure of public opinion

• Building up member country's armies

• Use of force

Which LoN committee worked on unification of road signals and regulations of international maritime ports, waterways and railroads

• Health Organization

• International Labor Organization

• Transport

• Refugee Committee

What country joined the LoN in 1926?

• Russia

• United States

• Germany

• Japan

An international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare. The US decided not to join even though Wilson wanted it.

• Lusitania

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Treaty of Versailles

• League of Nations

What branch of the LoN carried out the day to day operations (publishing reports, preparing agendas, etc.)

• Secretariat

• Assembly

• Mandate Committee

• International Labor Committee

According to Woodrow Wilson, the purpose of the League of Nations was

• to prevent nuclear proliferation

• to help the US gain more territories.

• to remove threat of future wars.

• to help promote prohibition in other countries

What did Woodrow Wilson win for his role in establishing the LoN?

• Nothing

• Nobel Peace Prize

• Passage of the ToV with U.S. Congress

• Pulitzer Prize

Which was NOT a weakness of the LoN?

• They had no army

• The United States did not join

• The Council met three times a year

• Assembly decisions had to be unanimous

The LoN helped to raise loans to save which country from bankruptcy?

• Czechoslovakia

• Hungary

• Austria

• Poland