USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

[SOURCES]
The League of Nations was supposed to provide ____ to its member countries.

(A) Weapons

(B) ** Collective security

(C) More power

(D) More money

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -By establishing a bond of solidarity between Member States, the League is considered the first attempt to build a system of collective security. This principle relied on a simple idea: an aggressor against any Member State should be considered an aggressor against all the other Member States.

Concept note-2: -Palmer and Perkings observed that the League of Nations was a complete failure as an instrument for enforcement of collective security.

Concept note-3: -It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.

Concept note-4: -The international relations of member countries conflicted with the League’s requirements for collective security. The League didn’t have its own armed forces and depended on members to act, but none of the member countries were ready for another war and didn’t want to provide military support.

Concept note-5: -The League’s goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation diplomacy and improving global welfare. The diplomatic philosophy behind the League represented a fundamental shift in thought from the preceding hundred years.