WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
RISE OF NATIVISM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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limit the power of the president
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make trade with nonmember nations more difficult
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force the country to end traditional military alliances
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involve the nation in future world conflicts
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the opposition.
Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the negotiations, Wilson had to contend with Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot Lodge. The two men hated each other and Lodge was well positioned to cause problems for the president. Lodge was not an isolationist, but he believed the League of Nations threatened national sovereignty.
Detailed explanation-4: -The big victory of Republican Warren G. Harding in 1920 was widely viewed as a vote against American membership in the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson attempted to change the world by promoting such principles as self-determination, disarmament, and the cooperation of nations to preserve the peace.