USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles because of its creation of the League of Nations. The U.S. disliked the League of Nations because ____
A
the League did not contain all nations.
B
it did not use the military in protecting all nations.
C
It was practically an “alliance” that would bring the U.S. into another war we didn’t want.
D
It was created in order to continue the fighting of World War I
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-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.

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.

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