Question

Which of the following statements best analyzes the political role of the U.S. in World War I?(1 point)
Responses

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

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

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.

Answer 1

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

Explanation: The U.S. (and Wilson) influenced the peace agenda (14 Points, League) but European Allies largely shaped the Treaty of Versailles to suit their own security and territorial aims; moreover the U.S. Senate later rejected the treaty and the League, limiting American political effect.