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The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

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United States Senate

Upper house of the U.S. Congress

The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat…
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United States and the League of Nations

Despite the United States never becoming an official member of the League of Nations, American individuals and organizations interacted with the League throughout its existence.
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League of Nations

International organisation (1920–1946)

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. The main organisation ceased operations on 18 April…
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