AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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There was fear that it would get the U.S. involved in another war
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Germany was allowed into the League of Nations
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The League of Nations would be too costly for Americans
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The U.S. was pre-occupied with difficulties at home.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Congress did not ratify the treaty, and the United States refused to take part in the League of Nations. Isolationists in Congress feared it would draw the United Sates into international affairs unnecessarily.
Detailed explanation-2: -Motivated by Republican concerns that the League would commit the United States to an expensive organization that would reduce the United States’ ability to defend its own interests, Lodge led the opposition to joining the League.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The refusal of the United States to join the League of Nations indicated a reluctance on the part of the American public to get involved in any further foreign conflicts. This was especially true of Republicans like Henry Cabot Lodge.
Detailed explanation-4: -American absence defanged the League, making it unable to effectively enforce its decisions, as without America’s military presence the League lost the ability to create a formidable standing army, and so none was established.
Detailed explanation-5: -The failures of the League in the 1930s were not only because of aggressor nations undermining its authority, but also down to its own members. Britain and France, the two most influential members, ignored the League in their efforts to appease Hitler-actions that arguably led to the outbreak of the Second World War.