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Who or what is really to blame for the failure of the League of Nations? The United Nations was derived from the League of Nations, but was revised so that is could survive in today's society. The League of Nations was a group of world leaders formed after World War I. America was not in the League of Nations as it is today. The League of Nations failed because it was too strong and it was inevitable. The League of Nations was too strong. The countries of the world would not be able to have self-determination, where the country decided their fate. They would have to go before the League of Nations before they could do any foreign policies. Then the League of Nations would take a vote on what they thought was right to do. America did not want this because they wanted to control their destiny. The League of Nations was also going to fail because it was inevitable. The League of Nations was going to die because America was not in it and the League of Nations would not be able to handle any big problems such as the Great Depression when the League of Nations actually failed. Who is really to blame for the failure of the League of Nations? The best explanation for the failure of the League of Nations is because Woodrow Wilson. Wilson did not have the authority to tell the other "Big Four" that America would sign the Treaty of Versailles. It would have to go through the senate first, but he failed to tell them this. In effect they thought that he had the authority to sign the treaty. So when the Treaty of Versailles went through congress, Henry Cabot Lodge stalled the process of getting the treaty through congress. He delayed it by wasting time so Wilson would lose support. Lodge also added on a set of "14 Points" to the treaty as a way of mocking Wilson. Wilson did not like the new "14 Points" and voted against the treaty, furthering the reason that Wilson killed the League of Nations. He then rallied against it and got support to not pass it. Wilson didn't try to compromise the points either. He went with the idea of "all or nothing" meaning to take the treaty as it is or to not take it at all. Who is really to blame for the failure of the League of Nations? The best explanation for the failure of the League of Nations was the American people. The American people had the idea of isolationism in their minds. Isolationism is the idea that they did not want to deal with other people's foreign affairs. They also did not want to have their destiny decided for them. They also believed in the idea of self-determination where they decided their own outcome. The American people also shot it down in Congress where Henry Cabot Lodge, William Borah, and Hiram Johnson bitterly opposed it. Lodge also dragged out the process of ratifying the Treaty of Versailles. He read the whole treaty even though everyone there had probably already read it. He also dragged out the discussion on it so Wilson would lose support. Lodge added on his own set of "14 Points" like Wilson created his "14 Points" and put them onto the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson did not like Lodge's "14 Points" so Wilson then rallied against the treaty.