U.S. Senate finally rejects Versailles Treaty

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Date of occurrence 1920-03-19

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On 19 May, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the League of Nations Covenant. At the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson had favoured the creation of the League of Nations as a means of reducing the chance of another global war. Following the Senate vote, the United States was not able to sign the Covenant, which seriously undermined the credibility of the League and contributed to its political weakness during the expansion of Germany and Japan in the run-up to World War II. It was replaced by the United Nations in 1946.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "U.S. Senate finally rejects Versailles Treaty". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5578, accessed 07 May 2024.]

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