HISTORY 7B Lecture 1: History7BCompleteNotes
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League of nations: after the treaty of versailles and ww1, woodrow wilson proposed that they should have a league of nations--a group for the allies: great britain, italy, and france. It didn"t last long because congress didn"t sign the treaty of versailles or have a majority vote in favor of wilson"s decision, meaning that the u. s. was not officially a part of league of. They disapproved because they felt that it was unconstitutional since. Congress has the power to declare war, and if they were a part of a national alliance, then. Congress would have to share the power to declare war. It showed u. s. as one of the top powers of the world, and it showed wilson"s attempt at democratizing other nations. Scopes trial: also known as the monkey scopes trial, it occurred in 1925 when scopes, a science teacher, taught evolution, and was put on trial.
