AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
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The U.S. became too controlling of the League even though it was not a member.
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The Treaty was seen as too short-sighted and extreme, and was too difficult to enforce.
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WWII began before the Treaty was fully ratified.
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All of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. They have made the French treaty subject to the authority of the League, which is not to be tolerated.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the Treaty of Versailles affect the United States’ participation on the world stage?-The United States led the negotiations on the treaty, going on to become one of the leaders of the League of Nations Security Council.