AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the same year, 1921, the League was equally successful in Upper Silesia. The Treaty of Versailles had given the people of Upper Silesia the right to have a referendum on whether they wanted to be part of Weimar Germany or part of Poland. In this referendum, 700, 000 voted for Germany and 500, 000 for Poland.
Detailed explanation-2: -Decisions like the one in Upper Silesia were carried out by the League with relative success. There were disputes over the borders of Europe which resulted in the Locarno treaties, which helped embed the terms from the treaty into world affairs. Despite some success however, the League was not all powerful.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, an overall majority voted to remain with Germany. Therefore, Germany claimed that the whole area should remain German.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1920s, the League was very successful in its work for a better world: took half a million PoWs home. helped Turkish refugees. attacked slave traders and drug sellers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The League of Nations aimed to stop wars, improve people’s lives and jobs, encourage disarmament and enforce the Treaty of Versailles. Judged against these aims, the League was quite successful in the 1920s. It stopped border disputes turning into wars.