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Why did Henry Cabot Lodge oppose the Treaty of Versailles? a. He thought the treaty was too harsh toward Germany. b. He thought the United States should stay out of world affairs. c. He wanted the United States to make independent decisions. d. He didn't think the League of Nations had the authority to be effective.

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c. He wanted the United States to make independent decisions.

Lodge opposed the treaty mainly because he feared the League of Nations—especially Article X—would oblige the U.S. to act in ways that would override Congress’s constitutional power to declare war. He proposed reservations to preserve U.S. sovereignty rather than rejecting international engagement outright.