USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
What was the ultimate fate of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States?

(A) It was vetoed by President Wilson

(B) It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

(C) It was rejected by Congress in it’s original form but was ratified with reservations

(D) ** US does not join the League of Nations and retreats into isolationism

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Despite Wilson’s efforts, including a nationwide speaker tour, the Treaty of Versailles was rejected by the United States Senate twice, in 1919 and 1920. The United States ultimately signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1921, although it never joined the League of Nations.

Concept note-2: -Despite Woodrow Wilson chairing the committee which drafted the Treaty of Versailles Covenant, America voted against becoming official members of the League of Nations in 1919.

Concept note-3: -In the face of Wilson’s continued unwillingness to negotiate, the Senate on November 19, 1919, for the first time in its history, rejected a peace treaty.

Concept note-4: -The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like France and Poland; reduce the size of its military; pay war reparations to the Allied countries; and accept guilt for the war.