" No good patriot wants to see this happens, thus it seems only logical that support for the war is the only option.
The end of World War I planted the seeds of a second world war. Angry and determined to blame the Germans, the British and French went into the meeting among the French, Germans, British, and Americans at Versailles with an eye toward revenge. They were intent on making Germany pay for the entire war and take full responsibility. This anger manifested itself in the Treaty of Versailles. This peace treaty stripped Germany of its monarchy, took away important industrial lands it once held, and would later lead to the rise in power of the deadliest man in history. .
While the British and French were intent on laying blame for the war, American President Woodrow Wilson heard his people's cry for peace and chose to advocate a different route. President Wilson didn't want to lay blame on the Germans. Instead, he wanted to set up a League of Nations where all nations could sit and employ channels of diplomacy to avoid future wars. The League of Nations would ultimately fail, however, when Congress refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles due to a lack of representation at the meeting of the four nations. The newly formed League of Nations, without the United States to back it, was without teeth. .
Back on the home front, World War I created an overwhelming public suspicion of foreign wars. While the United States had come away from this war nearly blemish free compared to the other participants, American citizens felt that their efforts were in vain. Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota commented, "We didn't win a thing we set out for in the last war. We merely succeeded, with tremendous loss of life, to make secure the loans of private bankers to the Allies." A large majority of Americans agreed with Senator Nye. A poll conducted in 1935 found that 70 percent of Americans believed that America's part in World War I had been a mistake.