AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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allowed the League of Nations to settle territorial disputes by giving land control to other countries
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prevented the League of Nations from settling territorial disputes by giving land control to European countries
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mandate System was devised by the League of Nations after WWI as a method to maintain peace and promote self-determination in territories formerly governed by the Ottoman and German Empires.
Detailed explanation-3: -France took control of Syria and Lebanon. The stated goal of the Mandate System was that Britain and France would prepare these territories to rule themselves.
Detailed explanation-4: -In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization (e.g. the United Nations) to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organization. Before the creation of the United Nations, all mandates were issued from the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-5: -Class C mandates consisted of various former German-held territories that mandatories subsequently administered as integral parts of their territory: South West Africa (now Namibia, assigned to South Africa), New Guinea (assigned to Australia), Western Samoa (now Samoa, assigned to New Zealand), the islands.