When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the Senate to pass a resolution authorizing the President, at his discretion, to embargo arms shipments to aggressor nations, the Senate decided to amend the requested resolution. The Senate believed that if a president embargoed arms to an aggressor nation, it might involve the US in a war. The Senate therefore amended the resolution to embargo all nations should a dispute arise among both friendly and aggressive nations. This was a blow to his pledge to help the League of Nations.
Wilson ordered the democrats to vote " nay" for a version of the treaty requiring a joint resolution from the House and the senate to join the League of Nations. :)
the League of Nations
America did not join the League of Nations because the Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles. The reason for this is because America did not want to immediately send troops if another nation was attacked. The League of Nations had stated that, so the Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
The Senate was not happy with the idea of the League of Nations. They felt it a threat to their checks and balances on the president.
They rejected any treaty that included the league of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
He refused to compromise on his idea for the League of Nations.
Many people opposed it, most world nations approved the plan. The US Senate rejected it twice and on one occasion, the US Senate's revisions to the League's charter was rejected by President Lincoln.
He refused to compromise on his idea for the League of Nations.
He refused to compromise on his idea for the League of Nations.
He refused to compromise on his idea for the League of Nations.
he refused to compromise on his idea for the league of nations.
Wilson ordered the democrats to vote " nay" for a version of the treaty requiring a joint resolution from the House and the senate to join the League of Nations. :)
the League of Nations
No. And that's why it failed.
the senate would not sign the treaty due to the fact the u.s. would have to join the league of nations (before UN) Joining the league of nations could involve the U.S. in European affairs. The U.S. would become isolationists till WW2
The U.S wanted to stay out of International affairs. That is why the Senate rejected the leauge of nations.