"The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good, and endanger her very existence. . . . We would not have our politics distracted and government embarrassed by the conflicts of other lands. We would not have our country's vigor exhausted or her moral force wasted in the direct and general administration of a joint-liability peace treaty."
— Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, speech to the United States Senate, August 1919
Which of the following historical developments is most directly reflected in the concerns expressed by Lodge in the excerpt?
- AThe attempt to establish a formal military alliance with European nations to enforce the Monroe Doctrine in the Eastern Hemisphere.
- The congressional opposition to the Treaty of Versailles due to concerns over international commitments overriding national sovereignty.Cevap
- CThe emergence of a consensus to withdraw the nation completely from international trade and global financial investments.
- DThe development of a containment strategy designed to limit Soviet influence in Western Europe.
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The congressional opposition to the Treaty of Versailles due to concerns over international commitments overriding national sovereignty.
The correct answer is correct because Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the reservationists in the Senate who opposed the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Their primary concern was that Article X of the League of Nations covenant could obligate the United States to commit military forces to resolve international conflicts without the explicit consent of Congress, thereby infringing upon U.S. sovereignty and the constitutional authority of Congress to declare war.
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The domestic debate over the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations highlighted long-standing tensions between internationalism and unilateral national sovereignty.
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