USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

[SOURCES]
Why (por qué) did the U.S. not ratify (no ratificar) the Treaty of Versailles?

(A) ** Thought the League of Nations would force us to get involved in every issue that takes place in Europe.

(B) We were upset that Kaiser Wilhelm was removed

(C) We were mad at Britain and France

(D) None of the Above

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The Senate has, at times, rejected treaties when its members felt their concerns were not adequately addressed. In 1919 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, in part because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators’ objections to the agreement into consideration.

Concept note-2: -The Senate opposition to the Versailles Treaty had arisen mainly in reaction to the collective security provisions in the Covenant of the League of Nations, which was to be established under the treaty. They saw these as an unconstitutional constraint on America’s freedom of action in international affairs.