AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Italy would be given areas in Abyssinia.
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Abyssinia would keep mainly mountain regions.
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Italy would keep the fertile areas.
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Abyssinia would still control the majority of their land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pact offered to partition Abyssinia and thus partially achieve Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s goal of making the independent nation of Abyssinia into an Italian colony. The proposal ignited a firestorm of hostile reaction in Britain and France and never went into effect.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hoare-Laval pact was significant because of the following reasons: ❖ It showed that Britain and France were willing to undermine the League to protect their own interests. ❖ The League was supposed to protect smaller countries, but Italy was given the rights to Abyssinian land after its aggressive actions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The contents of the document leaked on 10 Dec 1935, and by 13 Dec harsh editorials in British and French newspapers denounced it. Laval was forced to resign under public outcry.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mussolini left the League of Nations in 1937 after the League had imposed economic sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abydsinia.