LON FAILURES 2

Question 1

why was the league ineffective?

Answer 1

ASSMUD

• no army
• self interest
• sanctions were ineffective
• usa wasn‘t a member
• votes had to be unanimous
• decisions were slow

Question 2

why did the league of nations fail?

Answer 2

DAMAD

• depression
• manchuria
• abyssinia
• rome berlin axis
• disarmament failed

Question 3

why did mussolini invade abyssinia?

Answer 3

• italy had been defeated by them in 1896
• great position in africa to add to italys expanding empire
• had seen japan get away with manchuria
• wanted to create a new rome

Question 4

abyssinian crisis: key facts

Answer 4

haile selassie appealed to LON for help

LON imposed economic sanctions but delayed banning oil exports

britain and france didnt close the suez canal to italian ships

by may 1936 italy had conquered all of abyssinia

Question 5

why did japan invade manchuria?

Answer 5

DEPA

• the GD: japan needed resources: japans exports were finding fewert customers
• japanese leaders and business interests called for military expansion to strengthen the country
• population surplus
• army wanted to establish it‘s own territory so it could function independently of the government of tokyo