Learning objective
Evaluate the success of the League of Nations by considering various factors. Discuss how the League's organizational weaknesses and membership issues may have led to its failures. Assess the effectiveness of the League's peacekeeping efforts during the 1920s and the significance of its humanitarian initiatives. Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on the League's operations in the 1930s. Key topics include the League's structure, goals, and membership, as well as specific peacekeeping successes and failures from 1920 to 1925, its humanitarian efforts regarding refugees, health, working conditions, and slavery, and the events surrounding the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises in the 1930s.
Read the explanation, check the common trap, then practise with flashcards and questions.
Exam focus
- Read the explanation.
- Check key terms.
- Practise with linked questions.
Cambridge IGCSE HistoryCore content: Option B