Global Peacekeeping & the Failure of the League of Nations
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"... In January of 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson made public a document – or a theory, foreign-relations policy – that would become known as the 14 Points. It outlined Wilson's international view - his belief in a stable world order, based on American principles – that would avoid war in the future...."
Key Terms
- The Fourteen Points
- Peace of Paris
- Big Four
- Woodrow Wilson, USA
- Georges Clemenceau, France
- David Lloyd George, Great Britain
- Vittorio Orlando, Italy
- Woodrow Wilson, USA
- League of Nations
- Mandates
- Treaty of Mutual Assistance
- Geneva Protocol
- Nazi Foreign Policy
- Rearmament
- Occupation of the Rhineland
- Anschluss
- Invasion of Sudetenland (then all Czechoslovakia)
- Invasion of Poland
Guided Viewing Questions
- What were the weaknesses of the League of Nations?
- What four components of the Fourteen Points does this video argue as particularly important for understanding the 20th century?
- What were the primary responsibilities of the League of Nations? What were some early failures that demonstrated its weakness?
- What successes did the League of Nations find early on? What were its early failures?
- How was the weakness of League of Nations demonstrated by the policy of "aggression and appeasement" that characterized Nazi foreign policy leading up to World War I?
- Why did the League of Nations ultimately fail to prevent a second world war?