History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Senate Rejects the Treaty
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The idea
The Senate rejected the treaty in November nineteen nineteen, and a second vote with reservations in March nineteen twenty fell short of the two-thirds required.
In practice
The United States never ratifying Versailles and never joining the League.
Where people slip
The Yawp says the country had joined Europe in war but abandoned it in peace.
Your place on the trail
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