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Answer: Obligate the US to fight in future wars.
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The majority leader of Senate, Henry Cabot Lodge, argued that the commitment to the League of Nations (a part of the Treaty of Versailles) could take away US Congress' constitutional right to declare war and obligate them to military actions initiated by the League of Nations.
The Republicans in the Senate feared the treaty could commit the US to future wars that were not directly related to US national security, because of the commitment the treaty made to the formation of a League of Nations.
The United States never joined the League of Nations, in spite of the fact that an organization such as the League of Nations was the signature idea of US President Woodrow Wilson. He had laid out 14 Points for establishing and maintaining world peace following the Great War (World War I). Point #14 was the establishment of an international peacekeeping association.
The Treaty of Versailles adopted that idea, but back home in the United States, there was not support for involving America in any association that could diminish US sovereignty over its own affairs or involve the US again in wars beyond those pertinent to the United States' own national security. Because of its objections to membership in the League of Nations, the United States Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1919, the U.S Senate refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles because they feared signing would unnecessarily drag the U.S. into international affairs, might obligate them to fight future wars.
What was the treaty of Versailles?
It was signed to end WWI, as it forced Germany to surrender all its colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, to reduce its force, pay reparations to allied forces, and take complete blame for the war. League of Nations was US President Woodrow Wilson's idea as he laid out 14 Points to establish and maintain world peace after WWI.
In 1919, the U.S. refused to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations. they objected because they feared that it would unnecessarily drag the U.S. into international affairs and might obligate them to fight future wars. The senators also feared that in order to settle European disputes American troops might be sent.
Therefore, it can be said that in 1919, the U.S Senate refused to ratify the treaty because they feared unnecessary involvement in future wars.
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