Question

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Why did the Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

They did not want to join the League of Nations.

They though it was far too complicated.

They were not satisfied with the terms of the agreement.

They thought it was too inconvenient.

They thought it was really all about countries in Europe and had nothing to do with the United States.

Answer 1

They did not want to join the League of Nations because this would require the U.S. to come to the aid of other nations in the league when they were attacked. Many senators worried that this provision would drag the U.S. into unnecessary foreign conflict.

Answer 2

Answer: They did not want to join the League of Nations.

Details:

The majority leader of Senate, Henry Cabot Lodge, argued that the commitment to the League of Nations (a part of the Treaty of Versailles) could take away US Congress' constitutional right to declare war and obligate them to military actions initiated by the League of Nations.

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.