WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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It would lead to international instability.
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It would drain American finances.
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It would interfere with free-trade agreements.
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It would drag the United States into European conflicts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some senators who opposed the Treaty of Versailles believed the proposed League of Nations would infringe upon U.S. sovereignty and Congress’s power to declare war.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Answer and Explanation: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was opposed to the Treaty of Versailles because he believed that it sidestepped congressional authority to declare war.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Senate opposition to the Versailles Treaty had arisen mainly in reaction to the collective security provisions in the Covenant of the League of Nations, which was to be established under the treaty. They saw these as an unconstitutional constraint on America’s freedom of action in international affairs.