USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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True or FalseThe League of Nations was able to prevent Italy from invading Ethiopia.

(A) True

(B) ** False

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The League of Nations was a international organization founded after the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. The League’s goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation diplomacy and improving global welfare.

Concept note-2: -However, the League ultimately failed to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War, and has therefore been viewed by historians as a largely weak, ineffective, and essentially powerless organization.

Concept note-3: -The predecessor of the United Nations was the League of Nations, established in 1919, after World War I, under the Treaty of Versailles “to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security."

Concept note-4: -Answer: The statement is False. The League of Nations was established after the First World War to establish peace. During the Cold War, most countries of the world joined either of the two super power blocs.