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One of the reasons the United States Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles was
a. membership in the League of Nations would infringe upon America's ability to conduct its foreign affairs.
b. the United States acquired no new territory as a result of the treaty's provisions.
c. Germany's dismemberment would create economic instability on the European continent.
d. America's share of German reparations was deemed insufficient in comparison to its European allies.

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mikhaela1

The answer is A. At the conclusion of the Great War, the Senate rejected the treaty mainly because it did not want to join the League of Nations. The body, headed by Henry Cabot Lodge, believed it would force its participation in issues that did not have anything to do with the country. The Knox-Porter Resolution was passed by the Congress in 1921 in lieu of the Treaty of Versailles.

MrZieleniewo

Correct answer:  a. membership in the League of Nations would infringe on America's ability to conduct its foreign affairs.

Context/detail:

The United States never joined the League of Nations, in spite of the fact that an organization such as the League of Nations was the signature idea of US President Woodrow Wilson.  He had laid out 14 Points for establishing and maintaining world peace following the Great War (World War I).  Point #14 was the establishment of an international peacekeeping association. The Treaty of Versailles adopted that idea, but back home in the United States, there was not support for involving America in any association that could diminish US sovereignty over its own affairs or involve the US again in wars beyond those pertinent to the United States' own national security.   Because of its objections to membership in the League of Nations, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.