Slides: Isolationism

They had no army

The United States did not join

The Council met three times a year

Assembly decisions had to be unanimous

The United States seized territories from its European rivals to build its empire.

The United States paid for the rebuilding of Great Britain and France.

The United States led the League of Nations to promote peace.

The United States limited its involvement in international affairs.

The treaty would draw the United States into foreign entanglements through the League of Nations.

The treaty would force the United States to surrender the territory it gained during the war.

The treaty would allow the League of Nations to develop its own standing army.

The treaty would be too forgiving to Germany following its defeat in the war.

Did not want involved in future foreign wars

Opposed Germany’s membership of the League of Nations

Resisted colonialism in Africa and Asia

Feared the Security Council

United States

Germany

Russia

Italy

Japan

Britain

Japan

Austria-Hungary

Russia

Germany

The Spanish-Flu ravaged the world

The 1st Red Scare commenced in the US

Communist and anarchist ideologies spread among the American working class

Russia became a communist country

American farmers had trouble selling their crops