The League of Nations

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What was Wilson's dream for the League of Nations?

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A new world order to abolish war and keep the world safe.

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What were the main aims of the League of Nations?

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To stop wars, encourage disarmament, and improve people's working conditions and tackle disease.

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What was the organisational structure of the League of Nations?

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An assembly, a council, a small secretariat, a Court of International Justice, and several committees like the International Labour Organisation and the Health Committee.

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What were the main strengths of the League of Nations?

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Set up by the Treaty of Versailles, 58 nations as members by the 1930s, could offer arbitration or apply trade sanctions.

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What were the main weaknesses of the League of Nations?

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Set up by the Treaty of Versailles (which every nation hated), aims were too ambitious, Germany, Russia, and the USA were not members, no army, cumbersome organisation, decisions had to be unanimous.

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What is the Covenant of the League of Nations?

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The first 26 clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.