Taking all things into consideration, which of the following is the most important reason for the Senate's defeat of the Treaty of Versailles and United States membership in the League of Nations?
A. Wilson was unable to lobby effectively for the treaty because of his stroke and subsequent incapacitation.
B. Americans were unwilling to abandon the nation's traditional attachment to nonalignment and freedom of choice in international affairs.
C. Wilson's refusal to compromise with his opponents in the Senate doomed the treaty.
D. The treaty was condemned to defeat because of the bitter personal feud between Wilson and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
Answer: B
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