What caused the Senate to resent President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles so much that they refused to ratify the document?

a.
Wilson only consulted advice and consent of Republicans and refused to acknowledge the concerns
of Senate Democrats.
b.
The Senators believed the U.S. could not afford the financial burden that came with accepting the
treaty.
c.
Senate Republicans were resentful that Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of his
negotiations in Versailles and refused ratification based on their jealousy.
d.
Wilson refused to afford senators any kind of voice in the treaty negotiations and would not accept
their “reservations.”
e.
The Senate believed that international treaties of this sort would keep the U.S. from entering wars in which it had an interest.


ANS: D

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