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Option W = International Relations 1919-63.

Question 4 (2003) - League of Nations.

Study Sources A and B and then answer all the questions which follow.

Source A: A comment on the formation of the League of Nations 1920.

A British cartoon, The gap in the bridge, published 1920.

 

Source B: The importance of nations working together.

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not work together to prevent it.

From a statement by the American President, Woodrow Wilson made during the peace negotiations in 1919.

 

(a) What does Source A tell us about the League of Nations in 1920?
(3 marks)

(b) How reliable is Source B to an historian studying the aims of the League of Nations?
Use Source B and your own knowledge to explain your answer.
(6 marks)

(c) Describe how the organisation of the League of Nations was meant to keep peace.
(6 marks)

(d) Which was more important as a reason for the failure of the League of Nations
* its handling of the Manchurian Crisis 1931-2
* its handling of the Abyssinian Crisis 1935-6.
You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer.
(10 marks)

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