World War I was the first war to involve several nations around the world and to be fought with heavy machinery, thus making it one of the deadliest wars history had seen at the time. In order to call for peace between the Central Powers and the Allied Powers, the Treaty of Versailles was created in 1919. In the U.S., the strength of the opposition forces rather than the stubbornness of President Wilson led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles because they refused to sign without some adjustments and the removal of the League of Nations. In the twentieth century there were many important wars, including the first world war. There were multiple attempts at peace for world war one that involved President Wilson’s Fourteen Points …show more content…
For example, parts of the Senate were against the League of Nations and what it stood for, such as using violence to prevent more violence which was not a tactic that American people supported (Doc A). People also believed that the League did not promote the healing of nations after the war but instead intensified the conflicts that originally caused the war, for instance punishing Germany to an extent to which would anger the Germans (Doc B). Another term of the Treaty of Versailles that the Senate strongly opposed was Article X. Article X was an addition to the treaty that stated the nations involved in the League would have to aid the other nations also involved if they were to experience external aggression. Americans did not agree with the article because they did not want to be drawn into war to protect another nation that they were not involved in (Doc C). In addition, some Senate members believed that joining the League of Nations would violate the constitutional rights of American citizens because it threatened their national security and risked European involvement in the Western hemisphere (Doc E). Opposing forces also questioned the morality of the Treaty of Versailles because they did not believe that Germany should suffer such harsh punishments as demilitarization and taking full blame for the war (Doc F). Those in opposition of the Treaty of Versailles had strong reasoning to support their argument, leading to them never passing the