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Senate rejects ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

On March 19, 1920 the U.S. Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to approve the treaty (including the Lodge reservations).

Senate rejects ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

The defeat kept the United States out of the League of Nations and marked a decisive turn toward postwar U.S. isolationism while profoundly shaping Woodrow Wilson’s legacy and American foreign policy.

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