AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
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Seuz Canal
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Suez Canal
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Sauz Canal
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Suaz Canal
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Detailed explanation-1: -Britain and France kept the Suez canal open during the Abyssinian Crisis. They put their own economic interests ahead of international peace. They were also more bothered about keeping Mussolini as an ally against Hitler.
Detailed explanation-2: -The League’s unwillingness to impose an oil sanction and its evident failure to prevent Italy’s conquest of Abyssinia discredited the League and its collective security provisions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Abyssinian Crisis was a result of conflict between Italy and Ethiopia, which was known as Abyssinia. The League of Nations could not do anything to prevent it. It was the first stern test for the League of Nations, which had not been in existence for a long time.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1935, the Italian army under Mussolini invaded Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia). Mussolini wanted to recreate the Roman Empire and was a prominent member of the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Abyssinia Crisis 1935-1936 was sparked by the Wal Wal Incident. Italy had expanded her area of influence in Africa by building the Wal Wal Fort in Abyssinian territory in 1930. In 1934 a skirmish as Abyssinian troops attempted to take control of the fort.