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Why did the us senate reject the treaty of versailles?

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The senators differed slightly on how the United States should participate in world affairs.

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Except for the irreconcilables, most senators wanted the United States to participate in world affairs. They differed slightly on what form that participation would take.

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Answer: The Senate worried about the US being pulled into future wars that were not directly related to US national security.

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The United States never joined the League of Nations, in spite of the fact that an organization such as the League of Nations was the signature idea of US President Woodrow Wilson. He had laid out 14 Points for establishing and maintaining world peace following the Great War (World War I). Point #14 was the establishment of an international peacekeeping association. The Treaty of Versailles adopted that idea, but back home in the United States, there was not support for involving America in any association that could diminish US sovereignty over its own affairs or involve the US again in wars beyond those pertinent to the United States' own national security. Because of its objections to membership in the League of Nations, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

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