Question

What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? Why didn’t the US sign it?

Answer 1

The U.S. felt that the allies were asking too much of Germany, and mostly just wanted peace. The terms mostly benefitted the allies, humiliated Germany, and didn't resolve the cause of the conflict in the first place. Italy pushed for large amounts of foreign territory they were promised, but only got a fraction of what they were hoping for. Germany had to give away ten percent of their land, as well as any territories around the world. They would have to pay what is now around 33 billion U.S. dollars, a sum that they simply couldn't give, without a major economic collapse, that is.