The Weaknesses of The League of Nations

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Membership Problems

1. The United States didn't join the League of Nations. Wilson was very ill by this time, and the Senate rejected it:

  • The Senate disagreed with the Treaty of Versailles and had refused to sign it. They saw the League of Nations as connected to it.
  • Many thought that all people should live in democracies. They didn't want to be forced into wars to help countries like Britain and France keep undemocratic countries.
  • Wilson's political enemies wanted to make him unpopular.
  • Many people wanted to keep American troops and money out of Europe, and wanted to only worry about American affairs. This attitude was called isolationism.

2. Germany wasn't allowed to join the League of Nations until 1926. The USSR wasn't allowed to join either, mainly because its communist government worried the other world leaders.

3. This meant that 

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