The United States failed to support the League of Nations. There are a few reasons for this. The League of Nations was part of the Versailles Treaty ending World War I. It was supposed to be an organization where countries could bring their problems to discuss and hopefully work out a peaceful settlement instead of fighting over them.
There were a group of senators who were not in favor of us joining the League of...
The United States failed to support the League of Nations. There are a few reasons for this. The League of Nations was part of the Versailles Treaty ending World War I. It was supposed to be an organization where countries could bring their problems to discuss and hopefully work out a peaceful settlement instead of fighting over them.
There were a group of senators who were not in favor of us joining the League of Nations. They were concerned that the charter of the League of Nations would force us to get involved in foreign policy situations that either weren’t in our best interests or weren’t something that was important to us. Article X of the charter of the League of Nations required member nations to support actions recommended by the League. These senators wanted a list of amendments made to not require the United States to join in actions recommended by the League of Nations.
President Wilson was unwilling to compromise on this issue. He wanted the United States to ratify the Versailles Treaty and to accept the charter of the League of Nations as it was written. Instead of compromising, he urged Democratic senators to vote against the Versailles Treaty, ending our chances of joining the League of Nations.
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