Diplomacy Outside the League Flashcards

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What were the Locarno treaties (1925)?

Agreements in which Germany accepted its western borders with France and Belgium as permanent, and Britain and Italy guaranteed them.

Which country joined the League of Nations in 1926, and why?

Germany, as a permanent member of the Council, following the goodwill created by the Locarno treaties.

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)?

An agreement signed by 65 nations to renounce war as a way of settling disputes — but with no way of enforcing it.

True or false? The Locarno treaties and the Kellogg-Briand Pact were negotiated through the League of Nations.

False. Both were agreed outside the League by the powers themselves, which suggested nations did not rely on the League.

Give one weakness of the Locarno treaties (1925).

Germany's eastern borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia were not guaranteed, suggesting Germany might one day try to change them.

Which German foreign minister proposed the Locarno treaties?

Gustav Stresemann, who hoped cooperating with Britain and France would restore Germany's standing and win changes to the Versailles terms.

Who were Kellogg and Briand?

Frank Kellogg, the US Secretary of State, and Aristide Briand, the French Foreign Minister, who drew up the 1928 pact renouncing war, so the USA took part even though it never joined the League.