12. Many in Congress opposed the League of Nations because they believed the United States would lose its position as an economic power. members. supported Senator Lodge's idea that only Allied nations could be decision-making d. foreign conflicts. comported the isolationist view that the organization would entangle the United States in thought that the organization would give the nation a voice in world affairs 13. The decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference were shaped by Wilson's idealism and doctrine of national self-determination. the goal of forming new nations based in ethnicity. the territorial interests of the Allies and a desire to punish Germany. the determination to end colonialism 14. Which leader, seen in the picture, led the American delegation to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I? a. Lloyd George b. Henry Cabot Lodge c. John J. Pershing d. Woodrow Wilson 5. At which stage of the fighting did the United States enter World War I? the beginning shortly after the beginning three years into the war too late to play an important role in the war