The League of Nations did not do as well as it could have because the United States did not participate in it.
Nixon needed China in negotiations with Vietnam.
-China is the most populated nation in world and wanted to have commercial relations
-Play USSR and China off one another
-Nixon would not be accused of being "soft on communism"
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Adams's presidency was consumed with problems that arose from the French Revolution, which had also been true for his predecessor. Initially popular with virtually all Americans, the French Revolution began to arouse concerns among the most conservative in the United States after the excesses that commenced in 1792.