The strength and effort of opposition forces as well as the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. The opposing senators wanted to add reservations onto the treaty, but Wilson’s would not have it. This caused Wilson to kill his own treaty with some help from opposing senators.
Opposing forces killed the Treaty of Versailles in many different ways. They believed the treaty did not satisfy pre-war hopes for peace (Doc B). One political group even opposed the treaty. The group that hurt the treaty was the Reservationists, led by H.C, Lodge. This political group though the only way to get this treaty passed was to add their own rules onto the treaty. These reservations were thought of as negative by President Wilson and led to the treaty’s ultimate defeat. Another party, the Irreconcilables, believed in isolationism, and did not support the treaty because it contradicted their beliefs. As you can see, more and more......

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Title: Wilson, Treaty Of Versailles
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