Despite President Woodrow Wilson's efforts, the United States never officially signed the Treaty of Versailles. Why was this the case?

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• Germany declined to take public responsibility for the death and destruction of World War I.
• Many U.S. senators opposed the League of Nations and voted against the treaty.
• Wilson suffered a stroke in 1919 and was unable to personally approve the treaty.
• Wilson withdrew the originally worded treaty after Democrats in the Senate amended it.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: • Many U.S. senators opposed the League of Nations and voted against the treaty.

The primary reason the United States never officially signed the Treaty of Versailles was due to opposition from Senate Republicans, led by figures such as Henry Cabot Lodge, who disagreed with the League of Nations component of the treaty, fearing it would undermine U.S. sovereignty and the ability to declare war.