WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Question
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Americans did not want to get involved in European affairs because it might involve Americans dying in a war.
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Americans did not like the French
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USA thought it would be a waste of time
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They were too lazy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Congress did not ratify the treaty, and the United States refused to take part in the League of Nations. Isolationists in Congress feared it would draw the United Sates into international affairs unnecessarily.
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: -Some members of Congress opposed membership in the League out of concern that it would draw the United States into European conflicts, although ultimately the collective security clause sank the possibility of U.S. participation.