THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
rejection by President Woodrow Wilson of internationalism
|
|
|
fear of becoming involved in another European war
|
|
|
high financial cost of membership
|
|
|
concern over communist control of international organizations
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Which factor was the basis of the United States Senate’s opposition to the League of Nations after World War 1? fear of becoming involved in another European war.
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: -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-4: -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.