Ratification of the Versailles Treaty

When American and her allies sat down at the negotiating table with Germany, they did so with power. That is, if the Germans refused any part if the unconditional surrender, the Entente would occupy Germany and end its newly-found statehood. Unwilling to risk this, Germany was forced to succumb to a number of harsh, infuriating demands. Some say that the Versailles Treaty was too harsh to allow Germany to reintegrate itself into a "new" post-war …

…say in negotiations, and we didn't want any part in a "New World Order." With this in mind, the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles due to Wilson's League of Nations Article. The United States didn't want to be involved in foreign, political wars. We wanted to be left alone. As a result, the Senate was strongly against the Versailles Treaty and refused to ratify it. We made a separate peace with Germany.