16.4.2

Successes of the League of Nations

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Successes of the League of Nations

The League did help solve some international issues. Their greatest success was in the humanitarian field.

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The Commission for Refugees

  • Helped to return refugees home (once a conflict had ended) and improve the camps in which they stayed.
  • This was successful in countries such as Russia and Greece when people fled their homes because of conflict within their own countries.
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Health Committee

  • This was successful because it helped to cure diseases internationally.
    • E.g. malaria.
  • The Committee also educated people across the world on how to prevent the disease from spreading and how to be hygienic.
    • E.g. washing your hands.
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The Slavery Commission

  • This was particularly successful in stopping slavery in countries in Africa.
  • In Sierra Leone, 200,000 people were set free.
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International Labour Organisation

  • This Organisation helped to promote better working conditions across the world.
  • One major success was getting 77 countries to introduce a minimum standard of wages in their country.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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