2006-07-09 15:39:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Because he committed U.S. funds to the rebuilding of Europe at a time when America most needed those funds at home.
2006-07-09 15:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the time in history America had a isolationist foreign policy. historically the us has been a outsider to all things European, and WWI was no exception. Most people forget that it was almost three years after the sinking of the Lusitania that American troops first arrived in France. The general public did not want a long drawn out involvement with the Europeans. Furthermore it is very unlikely that the European powers would have given the US a equal part in the creation of the treaty of Versailles. (which was more about punishment than about peace) So it is very likely that the Wilson administration, saw the futility in even trying to participate in the peace talks.
2006-07-09 22:58:40 · answer #2 · answered by thegouch4life 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
World War 1 established the US as a world power..and therefore it was appropriate for us to be involved in the peace talks. The League of Nations was Wilson's idea..but our own house did not ratify it. So he could not even participate in his own idea. Also..if it were not for Woodrow Wilson..Germany would have been even worse off than it was. France and England wanted to punish Germany greatly with reparations that it did not have. Clemenceau, who was the leader of France at that time and Lloyd George, the leader of england, got their wish. That was a direct cause of World War 2. We did not direct a great amount of funds to Germany anyway..it was rather punitive.
2006-07-09 22:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by Tony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was in ill health
His 14 points of peace plan while being fair and just was not supported by the House & Senate in the US and was doomed to fail.
Our European allies sensing Wilson's lack of backing then forced the participants of the Treaty of Versailles into a treaty with defeated Germany that was inherently unfair to Germany and ultimately was to be a major cause of WWII.
2006-07-09 22:51:11 · answer #4 · answered by silligrl357 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His stress level caused him to have a serious stroke, and the congress did nt pass the treaty he personally negotiated in Paris.
2006-07-09 22:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by wtc69789 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋