Why did the United States reject the League of Nations?

Answer 1

The League of Nations was established by the Treaty of Versailles and pushed strongly by President Woodrow Wilson, which was signed at the end of the First World War. To become binding on the United States, it had to be approved by the United States Senate. The purpose of the Treaty and League was to achieve global peace amongst a society of nations. However, the bill that would make America part of the League, died in Congress. People were concerned because every country in the League would be superior in some ways to our government. Many people thought that it would violate American's sovereignty. And we could be brought into wars that we had no real stake in. The upshot is the Congress never approved it.

they were afraid that it would cause another foreign war

Answer 2

The league was heavily linked to the treay of Versailles, whilst the league was also created to support the treaty and enforce its terms, yet many Americans disliked the content of the treaty, as many were recent immigrants who had never agreed to wanting America to join the war against Germany in the first place.

Some were worried about the financial cost of joining. They thought that if they signed it would be a promise to resolve international problems no matter how much this cost. Some business leaders believed that the USA had become as powerful as it had due to isolationism.

Americans believed in freedom and did not believe in colonies or empires. Some thought that the League would simply be taken over by the wants of the British and French.

Others were simply bothered by the fact that troops may have had to be sent to every country around the world to settle their small disputes. So many had died in the first world war already and many did not want to see this happen again.

Answer 3

The reason the U.S. rejected the treaty of Versailles, was because at that time, the Majority of the United States citizens were of German descent in America. This would be like the majority of the people in France speaking english! The United States being mostly composed of Prussian soldiers from post War of 1812, and the U.S. had taken a vote to have the German language replace the colonist's homeland language (England/English) but failed by one vote.