What actions did Henry Cabot Lodge believe that the United States should take in the world?
Which of the following did you do? Check all of the boxes that apply.
What effect does Lodge suggest US membership in the League of Nations might have?
What does President Wilson accuse his critics of “creating a false impression” about?
What does President Wilson suggest is the best way to keep peace in the world?
Choose one of the four opinions below and defend it.
Now create a short outline of your paragraph to structure the flow of information in your editorial.
I. Introduction: Explain the controversy over joining the League of Nations after WWI (Wilson vs. Lodge). II. Opinion: Support Wilson’s position that the U.S. should join the League to promote lasting peace. III. Reasons: Collective security prevents future wars; U.S. leadership strengthens the organization; isolation risks repeating the war. IV. Conclusion: The Senate should ratify the treaty and the U.S. should join the League of Nations.
Using the outline you created, write a one-paragraph editorial commenting on the opinion you have chosen to defend.
President Wilson was right to push for the League of Nations, and the Senate should have approved the Treaty of Versailles. The war had shown that isolation no longer protected the United States, and a world organization was needed to settle disputes before they became another global conflict. Although some senators feared the League would drag America into foreign wars and limit Congress’s power to declare war, the greater danger was returning to the old system of rival alliances that had caused World War I. By rejecting the treaty, the Senate weakened the peace and left the world without the collective security Wilson envisioned. America should have joined the League to help guarantee a lasting peace.
Which of the following did you do? Check all of the boxes that apply.
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