REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: GENEVA PROTOCOL

1. GENEVA
PROTOCOL
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Geneva Protocol was signed in 1924 and it was an attempt to
strengthen the League of Nations by giving the Covenant “more
muscle”.

3. Question 1
Who was the driving force behind
the Geneva Protocol?

4. Answer 1
British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald.

5. Question 2
How was the protocol intended to strengthen
the Covenant of the League of Nations?

6. Answer 2
It defined an aggressor nation as any country that refused to accept
arbitration.

7. Question 3
Which body did the protocol
authorise to settle disputes
through arbitration?

8. Answer 3
The Permanent Court of International Justice.

9. Question 4
Give two reasons why the
protocol came to nothing.

10. Answer 4
Ramsay MacDonald lost power the same year.
The New British government did not want to be compelled to accept the
League’s decisions.

11. Important
The failure of this initiative demonstrated how national self-interest
took priority over international cooperation.