Covenant

• All major nations would join the league
• all nations would disarm
• if there was a dispute the countries had to follow the league
• promised to protect nations if invaded
• If any member did break the covenant and go to war, other members promised to send troops if necessary to force them to stop fighting
• The league relied on all countries to stick to the covenant
• -> In the 1920s however, Britain and France were bankrupt and couldn’t enforce the sanctions and principles. They also couldn’t go to war again
• When Congress voted in 1919 they defeated President Wilson’s hopes of being in the League -> isolationism