How did world war one effect foreign policy in the united states?
The First World War was the first opportunity for the U.S to enter on to the world stage as the U.S sent troops to fight in the battlefields of France in 1917. But the U.S made its impact in the peace discussions held after the War in Versailles in France. While England, France and Australia demanded a harsh justice for Germany through reparations, U.S President argued that harsh reparations would achieve very little. Alternatively, Wilson suggested an idea of how war could be avoided in the future. In Wilson’s 14 points, there was the idea of a League of Nations – the forerunner to the United Nations. Wilson also wanted to see an end to the colonial empires which contributed to Anglo-German rivalry. While some have argued that the U.S senate failure to ratify the Versaille Treaty led to a period of isolationism, nothing could be further from the truth. The U.S was heavily involved in providing loans to Germany in the Briand-Kellog pact and in limiting naval power in the 1924 Washingto
