"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies." — Treaty of Versailles, Article 231 (1919)
The Senate's ultimate rejection of the Treaty in 1920 signaled a return to
- Acheck_circle
a more isolationist U.S. foreign policy in the interwar years
- B
aggressive collective security commitments
- C
dollar diplomacy in Latin America
- D
militant Pan-Americanism
Explanation
After rejecting the League, the U.S. pursued unilateral diplomacy (Washington Naval Conference, Kellogg-Briand) and avoided binding alliances throughout the 1920s and 1930s.