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Why did the United States Senate fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles nor join the League of Nations in 1919?

(A) belief that the financial costs would be too high and might ruin the economy

(B) claim that other organizations were in place to protect United States interests

(C) concern that it would be ineffective because too few nations would become members

(D) Fear that Article X would result in the United States losing the authority to set its own policies

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Answer:

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

Isolationists in Congress were in opposition to the idea of foreign influence.

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