The Treaty of Versailles: To Ratify or Reject?

  • Big Four approve Treaty of Versailles

    Big Four approve Treaty of Versailles
    The most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end.
  • Wilson collapses while on a speaking tour

    Wilson collapses while on a speaking tour
    On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson, who had just cut short a tour of the country to promote the formation of the League of Nations, suffers a stroke.
  • Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles

    Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
    On Nov. 19, 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles based primarily on objections to the League of Nations
  • United States signs separate peace treaty with Germany

    United States signs separate peace treaty with Germany
    The U.S.—German Peace Treaty is a peace treaty between the U.S. and German governments.