League of Nations 1920s Achievements and Failures

Aaland Islands

Forced Greece to withdraw from Bulgaria

At first the League told Italy to withdraw, but later backed down

<p>Understaffed and disorganised Secretariat, unanimous agreement required by Security Council</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No army, inability to enforce trade sanctions, reliance on member countries' troops</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>USA, USSR, Germany</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The League stopped arms sales to both sides, hurting Abyssinia more than Italy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They wanted to maintain their trade contacts and build up their own economies before trying to help the League resolve international conflicts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Japan invaded Manchuria and renamed it as Manchukuo, setting up a puppet government.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The League condemned the invasion, but Japan ignored the findings and left the League.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Refugee Organisation helped 425,000 refugees find homes after the Turkish war of independence, Health Organisation reduced leprosy, and the Slavery Commission freed 200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The League imposed economic sanctions on Bulgaria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The League stopped arms sales to both sides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Countries became inward-looking and unwilling to impose economic sanctions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helped 425,000 refugees find homes after the Turkish war of independence, reduced leprosy, and freed 200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They wanted to maintain their trade contacts and build up their own economies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understaffed Secretariat, unanimous agreement required by the Security Council, and lack of enforcement power</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aaland Islands</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>League initially told Italy to withdraw, but later backed down</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structural weaknesses, lack of authority, and atmosphere of distrust</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unwillingness of countries to contribute troops and reluctance to be the first to disarm</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forced Greece to withdraw from Bulgaria</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decrease in population growth and increase in female employment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It drove women into the factories and encouraged them to stay working after the war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of contraception to limit family size and long term changes in social behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To have more children and become housewives, and to stop paid employment except for very specialist vocations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They believed in entirely different roles for the two sexes, with a woman's place seen as being in the home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pre-Nazi trends supported female emancipation through increased employment and contraception, while Nazism opposed female emancipation and aimed to confine women to the home.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They provided better educated women with the opportunity to have a vocation as well as children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It gave better educated women the opportunity to have a vocation as well as children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It marked a significant decrease, with live births dropping from over two million per annum in 1900 to below one million by 1933.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The economic problems encouraged women to stay on working.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increase in female employment and decrease in population growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enabled them to pursue a vocation as well as have children</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To have more children and become housewives</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Due to a shortage of male workers in factories</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To stop paid employment except for very specialist vocations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encouraged women to stay on working despite economic problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'A woman's place was to be in the home'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased use of contraception and decreased female employment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increase in female employment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enabled them to pursue a vocation as well as have children</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>First World War driving women into factories</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion of female employment by at least a third</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To stop all paid employment except for specialized vocations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion of female employment by at least a third</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decrease in population growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'A woman's place was to be in the home'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'The dispute between Finland and Sweden'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Encouragement for women to work outside the home'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Imposed economic sanctions on Italy'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decrease in population growth and increase in female employment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Postwar economic problems and encouragement for women to continue working</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To have more children and become housewives</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Limited family size and provided better educated women with career opportunities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To stop paid employment except for very specialist vocations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased availability of contraceptive methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid industrialization and urbanization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'A woman's place was to be in the home'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$2$ million live births per annum in 1900 compared to below $1$ million by 1933</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Expanding female employment' vs 'Opposing female emancipation'</p> Signup and view all the answers