GOOD MORNING Please get out your notes from

GOOD MORNING! • Please get out your notes from the homework article, and be ready for a short quiz. • You’ll need one ½ sheet of paper to turn in for the quiz.

QUIZ : 1. Identify and briefly describe two bodies or significant parts of the League of Nations. 2. Why were some non-European countries unhappy with the way the League of Nations was set up?

UNIT 1. 2 - TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS A SUCCESS? • Unit Question – How do we judge success? • Phelps vs. Bolt? • Manning vs. Brady? • Obama vs. Bush? • Perry vs. Swift? • Unit 1. 1 Major Themes

SETTING UP THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Basic Goal Main Bodies Problems Tactics

GOAL OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS • World Peace & Avoid Wars • But… • Different nations had different ideas about what that meant… • US • Britain • France • Germany • Non-Europeans • Example of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh

STRUCTURE OF THE LEAGUE • Assembly • Council • Secretariat • Commissions & Committees • Court of International Justice • PP. 30 -32 – What is it? How is it organized, and what does it do? Work with your group – be ready to explain to the class.

STRUCTURE OF THE LEAGUE • The Assembly • All members – 1 vote each • No real power • The Council • Britain, France, Japan & Italy + small rotating group • The real power – all others must follow • Decisions had to be unanimous • The Secretariat • The “worker bees” – researchers, documentation, etc.

STRUCTURE OF THE LEAGUE • Commissions & Committees • Oversee Mandates • Health Organization • International Labour Organization • Court of International Justice (added in 1921) • Helped settle disputes between member nations

TACTICS OF THE LEAGUE: COLLECTIVE SECURITY • League was to provide “collective security” • If any member was attacked, all member nations would respond. • Collective security has FOUR “weapons”

WEAPONS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY • Pressure of world opinion. • Trade sanctions • Disarmament • Use of military force • See pg 34 -35. • With your group, summarize how each of the “weapons” work – be prepared to explain & discuss

PROBLEMS • Who was not there? • Who dominated? • Who was left out? • How were these problems for the League?

MORE PROBLEMS • Dominated by Britain and France • They didn’t see always eye to eye • France wanted a strong military alliance • Great Britain wanted less formal – • Concerned about empire • Didn’t want to get involved in a war • Japan & Italy wanted to be taken seriously as world powers

ASSIGNMENT: • See pg 34 -35. • Summarize how each of the following “weapons” work • World public opinion • Disarmament • Sanctions • Military Force

AH, THE FRENCH • 1923: French mad that the Germans aren’t meeting the terms of the Treaty. (reparations) • Germans made small payments, then stopped. • This makes for angry Frenchmen. • 11 January, 1923 French and Belgium invade Ruhr. • Americans and Brits tsk

AH, THE FRENCH • Ruhr workers strike, no work is done • French have to admit failure

ASSIGNMENT • Paragraph Response: • Why was the idea of collective security unlikely to be successful?

THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LEAGUE • Help for refugees • International Labour Organisation encouraged the improvement of working conditions, workers’ rights. • Health Organisation organized in poor countries. Reduced cases of leprosy. • These are both still in effect (WHO)