League of Nations
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The League of Nations was like the United Nations.
The League of Nations was thought up by Woodrow Wilson, the American President in the First World War. It was to be a group of nations that worked together to keep peace. One of the reasons for its downfall was that, after a vote, the American public refused to join. This meant the League did not have the power it needed to enforce any of the rules that made it up.
After a series of disasters in the 1930s, it was abolished. It was thought to be weak and powerless, after Japan completely ignored it when it tried to stop Japan from invading Manchuria (North-East China).
