USA HISTORY

Though not embraced by America’s’ Congress, the international organization that would bring together world government to prevent future hostilities, proposed by President Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.

(A) ** League of Nations

(B) United Nations

(C) League of United Nations

(D) Treaty of Versailles

Concept note-1: -The League of Nations (1920 – 1946) was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”. It is often referred to as the “predecessor” of the United Nations.

Concept note-2: -However, the coming of World War II once again demonstrated the need for an effective international organization to mediate disputes, and the United States public and the Roosevelt administration supported and became founding members of the new United Nations.

Concept note-3: -The League of Nations effectively resolved some international conflicts but failed to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War.

Concept note-4: -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."