Constitutional Conflict Quotes
The majority of the country strongly favored American participation in the League of Nation provided there were some reservations that made it explicitly clear, the American troops could not be committed without the approval of Congress and that nothing would impinge on U. S. domestic sovereignty. Wilson wanted no exceptions or reservations to the treaty he had negotiated and would not compromise in any way. The issues were soon forgotten in what had become a test of will and power between the Senate and the President. The treaty was never ratified and without the United States, the League of Nations collapsed.
At the time, there were different financial interests between the West and the Eastern States of the U. S. Some thought that the United States would not long be united. The “West” however was then Kentucky, West Virginia and the states mostly West of the Appalachian Mountains,
