There were many people who supported the Treaty of Versailles, but there were also many people who opposed it. The one major person who opposed the treaty was Henry Cabot Lodge. He was a Republican Representative in Congress.

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The Treaty of Versailles

        The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. This treaty officially ended World War I.  There were, however, forces in the senate that opposed this treaty.  This treaty set up the foundation for the League of Nations.  This idea for a league of nations came from President Wilson himself.  However, it was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles.

        There were many people who supported the Treaty of Versailles, but there were also many people who opposed it. The one major person who opposed the treaty was Henry Cabot Lodge.  He was a Republican Representative in Congress. He opposed the treaty of Versailles because he felt that by ratifying the treaty it would involve the United States in foreign commitments it could not keep or that it would not keep.  Lodge however was not alone in his opposition of the Treaty of Versailles. In Document A, William Borah states that he was against the Treaty of Versailles because he does not want to subject the people of the United States to the matters of controversy which may arise between other nations.  These people were not alone in their opposition to the Treaty of Versailles. Many Americans were against this Treaty, document B, an article from The New Republic newspaper, shows that many liberals were also against the Treaty of Versailles.  It states that they were against it because it didn't do anything to heal the old and ugly dissensions between conflicting nations.

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        Many people say that the second largest obstacle to the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles was President Woodrow Wilson himself. This, however, is not true. Document C shows that Wilson promised the troops who fought in World War I that he would do all he could to ensure that the war they were fighting was the war to end all wars. This shows that, although President Wilson was stubborn and objected amendments to the Treaty that he wanted to do all that he could to make the League of Nations, which was set up by the treaty, come to ...

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