History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1104 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Article X
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The idea
The treaty created a League of Nations, and its Article X bound every member to defend all other members against military threats.
In practice
Small nations protected by the combined power of the large.
Where people slip
The anchor says this article would prove the undoing of Wilson's dream, because critics feared it would drag the United States into other nations' wars.
Your place on the trail
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