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What were the origins and aims of the League of nations - Answer--The role of the US president Wilson -Cecil (UK), smuts (South Africa), Bourgeois (France) and Hymans (Belgium) -Peace keeping, collective security and international co-operation How was the league of nations organized - Answer--Reasons why the USA, Russia and Germany were not involved -The General Assembly and the Council -Permanent court of International Justice, the Secretariat, Commissions and Committees What were the successes and failures of the League of Nations - Answer-- Successes- organization for labor, refugees, health - Mandates Commission; Minor political disputes. Failures- Disarmament Commission -Major political disputes (Manchuria and Abyssinia), Reasons for the League's failure to preserve peace What were the origins and aims of the United Nations - Answer-- The role of US president Roosevelt -The San Francisco Conference and the Charter - Similarities and differences between the United Nations and the league of Nations Why, and with what results, was there a growth in imperial expansion during the last quarter of the nineteenth century - Answer--Reasons for imperial expansion in the late nineteenth century; the 'scramble' for Africa -Treaty of Berlin (1885); Disputes over the Chinese Empire - Wars in South Africa How and why did the USA emerge as a world power - Answer--Economic growth and the need for trade -The Spanish American War(1898), the Panama Canal and the development of an 'American Empire' -Reasons for and implications of the USA's entry into World War IHow and why did Japan emerge as a world power - Answer--Rapid modernization and military development; Wars with China (1894-95) and Russia (1905) - Treaty with Britain (1902) -Japan's strong position in 1918 Why, and with what results, did a system of rigid alliances develop between European nations - Answer-- The aims and objectives of each of the European powers -The development of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente -Implications of the alliances for international peace and stability. Why did the peace settlements of fail to secure lasting peace - Answer--Terms and implications of the various treaties -Disenchantment of France, Italy, Bolshevik Russia and the defeated powers -Implications of the USA's failure to ratify the settlement -Problems in 'successor states' created by the post-war settlements