I need help with US History DBQ from 1991about Woodrow Wilson, the Treaty of Versailles, and League of Nations

Question

It was the strenght of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles.
Assess the validity of this statement.

Answer 1

Keep in mind it takes two thirds of the Senate to ratify a treaty. Wilson never had the numbers.

In America, the debate about the Treaty was more factious than Wilson's strong determination presented on the world stage. U.S. Senate opinion on the Treaty of Versailles was divided into three distinct views:

Internationalists — Democrats loyal to President Woodrow Wilson who wanted the treaty to be ratified in its original form without any amendments or reservations. Some Internationalists were receptive to a small number of minor changes to the treaty.

Reservationists — This group claimed to be in favor of the treaty, but only after including a series of reservations prior to ratification. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts was the leader of this faction and was personally dedicated to frustrating the aims of his rival, President Wilson. Other senators in this group sincerely favored the treaty, but wanted some modification to protect vital American interests. The Reservationists were the largest of the three factions.

Irreconcilables — Isolationist senators, including Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, William E. Borah of Idaho and Hiram Johnson of California, opposed the treaty and American entry into the League of Nations under any circumstances. They had counseled against entering the war in the first place and now opposed participation in European affairs.

In the end, the Senate voted twice to reject the treaty, thus keeping the US out of the League. Congress passed a joint resolution later in 1921 declaring an end to the state of war with Germany.

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I need help with US History DBQ from 1991about Woodrow Wilson, the Treaty of Versailles, and League of Nations
It was the strenght of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles.
Assess the validity of this statement.