Question: What happened with the Treaty of Versailles? Did we ratify it? (scroll down for answer)         Answer: 1. Democrat President Woodrow Wilson helped draft the Treaty of Versailles. A year earlier, he gave his Fourteen Points speech where he outlined his peace plans for when the war ended. His fourteenth point was to have an international peace-keeping organization of nations, or a League of Nations. 2. The Senate must ratify treaties by a 2/3 vote, or they are not applicable to the United States. 3. The Republican-controlled Senate, led by Henry Cabot Lodge, had “reservations” regarding Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations. This was because it stated that nations in the League had to help other members who were threatened. The Republicans did not want to enter, as it would violate neutrality and perhaps bring European nations into the Western Hemisphere. Wilson collapsed and nearly died campaigning for the treaty. The US would never join the League, or ratify the Treaty of Versailles. Click here for next flash card.      Back to eFlashcard headquarters
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