The League of Nations
In the section entitled “From War to War” the failure of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson to join the League of Nations is mentioned. But what was this organization, and what happened to it during these years?

ACTIVITY

1. What were the origins of the League of Nations?


2. Why wouldn’t America join the League?


3. What nations were members of the League during the interwar years?


4. How was the League weakened during the 1930s?


5. What happened to it?

WEB RESOURCES

League of Nations Membership and Timeline
http://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/league18-46.html

Wilson’s fight with Congress over the League of Nations, Timeline
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/1919League2.ht
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League of Nations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/1919t
o45/3leagueofnationsrev1.shtml

The League of Nations and the United Nations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/nations/league_natio
ns_01.shtml

Activities

Multiple choice:
From War to War
Web task:
Finding out (p. 236)
Web task:
The Great War
Web task:
The League of Nations
Web task:
The General Strike of 1926
Web task:
Hoo-Doo/Voodoo
Web task:
Unemployment in the 1930s
Web task:
Ernest Hemingway
Text task:
W. H. Auden
Text task:
Does It Matter?
Text task:
The Second Coming
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Word Grid: Modernism