AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Question
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They wanted to isolate themselves from the rest of the world
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They hated Britain and France
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They thought the Treaty of Versailles was enough to prevent future wars
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They were allied with Russia, and didn’t join in protest of the decision to ban Russia from the League
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Detailed explanation-1: -The League of Nations was established at the end of World War I as an international peacekeeping organization. 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-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: -Some members of Congress opposed membership in the League out of concern that it would draw the United States into European conflicts, although ultimately the collective security clause sank the possibility of U.S. participation.