USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

[SOURCES]
How many countries were members of the League when it was created?

(A) 58

(B) 67

(C) ** 42

(D) 24

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The League of Nations officially came into existence on 10 January 1920. On 15 November 1920, 41 members states gathered in Geneva for the opening of the first session of the Assembly.

Concept note-2: -Of the League’s 42 founding members, 23 (24 counting Free France) remained members until it was dissolved in 1946.

Concept note-3: -This data includes the current 193 member states, as well as former member states and those states which have since been renamed and redefined.

Concept note-4: -3 The Council consisted of four permanent members (Great Britain, France, Japan, and Italy) and four non-permanent members. At its largest, the League of Nations was comprised of 58 member-states. The Soviet Union joined in 1934 but was expelled in 1939 for invading Finland.