AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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It was vetoed by President Wilson.
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It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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It was rejected by Congress in its original form, but was ratified with reservations.
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It was rejected by Congress, which then signed a separate peace treaty with Germany.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite Wilson’s efforts, including a nationwide speaker tour, the Treaty of Versailles was rejected by the United States Senate twice, in 1919 and 1920. The United States ultimately signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1921, although it never joined the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Versailles was a peace document signed between Imperial Germany and the Allied Powers on 28th June 1919. The treaty ended the state of war that had existed between Germany and the Allies from 1914 and brought World War I to an end.
Detailed explanation-3: -On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France. The treaty was one of several that officially ended five years of conflict known as the Great War-World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Versailles included a plan to form a League of Nations that would serve as an international forum and an international collective security arrangement. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was a strong advocate of the League as he believed it would prevent future wars.