(A) ** Allied leaders
(B) the Germans
(C) the U.S. Senate
(D) the League of Nations
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -When Allied leaders met in Versailles, France, to formulate the treaty to end World War I with Germany and Austria-Hungary, most of Wilson’s 14 Points were scuttled by the leaders of England and France.
Concept note-2: -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-3: -U.S. President Woodrow Wilson accepted almost any compromise of the Fourteen Points as long as the treaty provided for the League of Nations. Many in the U.S. Senate thought joining that organization would sacrifice national sovereignty, so the body voted down the treaty.
Concept note-4: -The leaders of the other Allied Nations, including David Lloyd George of Britain and Georges Clemenceau of France, thought that Wilson was being too idealistic. They were skeptical as to whether these points could be accomplished in the real world.
Concept note-5: -Why did the Allies reject President Wilson’s “peace without victory” plan? They blamed the central powers for starting the war and wanted to pay wartime damage and destruction.