USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read this excerpt from the text:"Lodge viewed the League as a supranational government that would limit the power of the American government from determining its own affairs."From context clues, what does “supranational” mean here?
A
Having power greater than the national government.
B
Having devotion to one’s own country.
C
A policy of removal from other nations.
D
A relationship between two or more nations.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The League failed to intervene in many conflicts leading up to World War II, including the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the Spanish Civil War, and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The onset of the Second World War demonstrated that the League had failed in its primary purpose, the prevention of another world war.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -After World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson helped to build an international peacekeeping organization.

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