League of Nations andCrisis in Manchuria Crisis in Abyssinia

Topics:1. Purpose of the League of Nations2. Crisis in Manchuria3. Crisis in Abyssinia

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

» Disarmament» Enforce Collective Security» Provide Mechanism for Dialogue» Transition Former Colonies to

Mandates to Independence» Stop Disease » Assist Refugees Around the World

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Crisis in Manchuria 1931

» Civil War in China: CCP, GMD, War Lords

» Japan’s Economic and Food Crisis» Japan’s Imperial Aims and Superior

Arms» Japan Manufactures the Crisis» League Responds with

Condemnation but No Punishment

Film Review of Manchuria and Japan

Crisis in Abyssinia 1935

» Myth of Fascism Exposed in Italy» Economic Crisis in Italy» Irredentism and Return to the Glory

of the Roman Empire» Remilitarization » Stage 5 of Fascism» Rome Berlin Pact 1936

Review Essential Questions:

What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

Why did Japan invade Manchuria and what was the League’s

response?Why did Italy invade Abyssinia and what was the League’s response?

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