AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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He feared Americans would have to pay the costs of League operations.
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He was alarmed that Wilson would be the League of Nations President without any oversight
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He was concerned the League would force the nations to reduce its army
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He believed that League decisions would involve the nation’s military in foreign actions we did not order
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles believed the proposed League of Nations would infringe upon U.S. sovereignty and Congress’s power to declare war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although US President Woodrow Wilson was an enthusiastic proponent of the League, the United States did not officially join the League of Nations due to opposition from isolationists in Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -On February 28, 1919, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts began an assault on President Woodrow Wilson’s proposal to establish a League of Nations that ultimately culminated in the Senate’s rejection of the Treaty of Versailles.
Detailed explanation-4: -Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the opposition.