Wilson did not make sense of his smartest political moves in getting what he wanted on the Treaty of Versailles. He essentially ignored the Senate and the House in making his decisions. He also only took Democrats with him to Paris to work out the Treaty of Versailles. These actions did not sit well with Republicans. Wilson's chief goal for the treaty was for there to be a League of Nations. To him, creating such an alliance would help in preventing future

For one, Germany was to be unarmed, with just enough left for self-defense. Hitler would later re-arm Germany, breaking the Versailles treaty. In addition, the Saar coal mines in Germany were taken over, and 15 years later, the Germans could vote whether they wanted to stay under someone else's rule or not. Of course, Germany would vote for the latter and would remain angry about having been under someone's rule or not. One major part of the treaty was that Germany had to pay $33 billion in reparations. Germany was poor! There was simply no way such a payment could be made. Germany would later reach staggering heights of inflation. Lastly, and perhaps most unluckily for Europe, the League of Nations was created. Since the United States did not join, the League was merely a disjointed grouping of weak nations, easily taken over by Hitler little over a decade later.

Above all else, Wilson's inflexibility prevented the United States from ever joining the League of Nations. His unwillingness to compromise would prove fatal for the rest of the world. W

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