Discusses the background to establishing the League of Nations, its role in facilitating peace negotiations, and why it ultimately failed to prevent World War II. Explains why the United States never joined it and how the United Nations emerged after it was disbanded. Includes questions for students at the end.

Concepts

international relations, woodrow wilson

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Additional Tags

international peacekeeping organization, european alliance system, khan academy: ap us history: 1890-1945: the us in wwi: the league of nations, the united states in world war i, united nations, wilson's fourteen points, league of nations

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional