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Okay Reading shmoop er's Here we go Five five or

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then done with this section and let's get right down

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to the question here According to fastens the treaty of

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versailles was rejected by the senate because it did what

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Well for the first time in nineteen nineteen the senate

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rejected a peace treaty by a vote of thirty nine

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fifty five far short of the required two thirds majority

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in the senate denied consent to the treaty of versailles

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democratic president woodrow wilson woody wou of princeton fame had

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personally negotiated the treaty following world war promoting his vision

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for a system of collective security and forced by a

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league of nations from three Tea arrived in the senate

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in july Democrats mostly supported the treaty but republicans were

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divided The drama well let's think about it according to

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passage was rejected Why Well it says right there fell

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short of the required two thirds majority vote Think about

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it The text makes it clear that the treaty was

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rejected because not enough people voted for it Shocking This

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is frustrating at any level Even when our siblings out

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vote us for a dinner choice again like chinese food

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So that's it The answer is b fell short in

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the loser bowl Well the text doesn't reference a timetable

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So get a out of there in the treaty of

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versailles promoted the league of nations so the two weren't

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exclusive for to see in the last sentence makes it

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clear that the democrats were mostly in favor of the

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treaty as well For democrat Yeah they were in favor

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All right so the right answers be fell short of

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the required two thirds majority vote and we vote that 00:01:25.804 --> [endTime] this video is done

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