WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Question
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The main reason the United States Senate did not approve the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was because the treaty
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did not force Germany to return conquered territory
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threatened to draw the nation into future international conflicts
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failed to include war reparations
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was opposed by President Woodrow Wilson
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The U.S. Senate refused to ratify Wilson’s Treaty of Versailles because, among other reasons, Senators feared that U.S. involvement in the League of Nations would mean that American troops might be sent into Europe and settle European disputes.
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