WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Woodrow Wilson
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Detailed explanation-1: -Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921).
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 10, 1919, the president of the United States, for the first time since 1789, personally delivered a treaty to the Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Wilson used his tremendous influence to attach the Covenant of the League, its charter, to the Treaty of Versailles. An effective League, he believed, would mitigate any inequities in the peace terms.
Detailed explanation-4: -It began with four permanent members – Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan – and four non-permanent members that were elected by the Assembly for a three-year term. The first non-permanent members were Belgium, Brazil, Greece, and Spain.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.