Which of the following statements best analyzes the political role of the U.S. in World War I?

Question

A. The U.S. policy of isolationism kept it out of the war until very late, and then made its ideas unimportant in the peace talks in 1919.

B. Without U.S. manpower and supplies, the Allies would not have won the war, so the Allies thought it was important to use American ideas.

C. The U.S. had limited political impact, as European nations primarily chose to adopt American peace ideals that were useful to their own goals.

D. President Wilson was so persuasive that the Treaty of Versailles essentially restructured Europe according to American political ideals.

Answer 1

The statement that best analyzes the political role of the U.S. in World War I is:

C. The U.S. had limited political impact, as European nations primarily chose to adopt American peace ideals that were useful to their own goals.

This option accurately reflects the complexity of the U.S. role in the post-war negotiations and the extent to which American ideals were implemented, often modified to fit the interests of European powers rather than being fully adopted as originally intended by the U.S.