Henry Cabot Lodge

Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech (Document B) expresses a more similar message to the political cartoon (Document C) because both sources oppose the League of Nations. The League of Nations was introduced in the Treaty of Versailles. This League provided a place for countries to meet, settle disputes peacefully, and punish any nation that broke the peace. At the time the league was introduced, there started to be a heated debate to weather the United States should be involved. Henry Cabot Lodge’s speech

President Woodrow Wilson established America’s goal for joining World War I as “making the world safe for democracy.” At the conclusion of the War, President Wilson declared fourteen principles for peace to be used during the Paris Peace Conference, called the Fourteen Points. The most important of these points was the final point: a general association of nations with the guarantees of political and territorial independence and security. As the Peace Conference progressed, more nations ratified

However, since the conditions in the treaty were so punitive towards Germany many believe that it was also partly responsible for starting World War 2. Before the treaty was signed President Woodrow Wilson and his opponent in congress, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge debated over the membership in the League of Nations and about the mortality of the treaty. Many debated that the United States should have signed the Treaty of Versailles and joined the League of Nations while others oppose both the treaty

Versailles. Leader of the Irreconcilables, William E. Borah was not in favor of the treaty because he believed that the treaty encourages even more violence (Document A). Wilson hated the senators, but the one senator he hated the most was Henry Cabot Lodge. Henry Cabot Lodge

true that Henry Cabot Lodge and the Republican majority in the Senate were a force in the defeat of the treaty. By holding off the vote and making his own changes to the treaty, Lodge knew that he was using Wilson's hatred to his advantage. Wilson would have accepted the changes if they had been proposed by one of his fellow Democrats, but the fact that they had been written by Lodge made Wilson see red. He immediately ordered Democrats to vote entirely against the treaty with the added Lodge votes.

morality. Although isolationists and Republicans desired to influence the treaty, Wilson had accepted the European demands, and even after altering the treaty for European gain, he disallowed the treaty from passing twice in the Senate after Henry Cabot Lodge added reservations. Wilson’s influence on the Senate and the Treaty of Versailles led to its defeat in the United States and ultimately the US absence in the League of Nations. The opposition of the Treaty of Versailles rose when the European

There always has to be a restriction on immigration as the U.S can’t handle millions of immigrants that are either crime-ridden, diseased, or just poverty-stricken people but are sure to let in immigrants who are seeking opportunity. During the 18-19 centuries, immigrants from around the world wanted to come to America as it was the land of opportunity. Presidents like Woodrow Wilson set the bar for immigration as he was a supporter of restriction but not selection. The U.S does not need these type

Wilsonian Internationalism, also known as Liberal Internationalism, is a foreign policy ideology that advocates for open communication between nations and solving international disputes using “a strong faith in the rule of law…and in the ability of dynamic democratic capitalism to spread prosperity to all” (Lecture A, Week 3). This ideology encouraged and reinforced a bond between countries to promote peace, while still furthering economic success. Woodrow Wilson was a strong proponent of justice

organization of peaceful nations. Massachusetts Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge wrote the speech given in August 1919 opposing Wilson’s League of Nations. He believed that the only country we owed a debt to was France. Lodge felt that we provided help during the war against Germany in many ways. We sent over American soldiers and provided billions in order to help with the war and we did not ask for anything in return. Lodge felt that the Treaty allowed our European allies to make decisions

The League of Nations was mainly favored by Woodrow Wilson. Since Wilson always wanted peace for the United States and no war, he favored this organization. Many senators opposed this idea. Henry Cabot Lodge was the senate of Massachusetts. Lodge opposed the idea of the League of Nations. Henry Cabot Lodge and Woodrow Wilson both made speeches on their opinions about the League of Nations.Woodrow Wilson’s speech focused on the positive qualities of the organization (Document A.) He spoke about