While Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States, he managed to accomplish some unthinkable feats, such as fighting for the passage of the 19th Amendment and establishing order in entropic territories such as Haiti and the Dominican Republic sending US marines to these places. However, due to weak judgment and intuition, as well as inexperience, he became a weak and manipulable diplomat. During the Paris Peace Conference and throughout the ratification process of the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson's ineptitude and stubbornness towards the Republican Party ultimately led the United States Senate to strike down the Treaty. Wilson's perception of a necessary League of Nations and his ever-present obstinacy were The sole determining factor in Wilson's death was also the failure to foresee the failure brought about by an exclusively democratic group of diplomatic advisors. Wilson completely shut out the Republicans when he failed to communicate with the Senate Majority Leader and the head of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Henry Cabot Lodge. A man Wilson could have potentially brought with him a...
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