History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1117 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Peace by Resolution
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The idea
Because the Senate never ratified the Treaty of Versailles, the United States remained technically at war with Germany until nineteen twenty-one.
In practice
Congress quietly passing the Knox-Porter Resolution to end the war formally.
Where people slip
The nation that proposed the League ended its war by resolution, outside the treaty. Unit nine opens on the decade that followed.
Your place on the trail
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