Germany was being humiliated by the Victors of WW1, specifically the Key three leaders of the Victors the United States, Great Britain, and especially France. This humiliation was being forces of Germany to accept full responsibility for WWI and to pay restitution following the war. This was meant to strip away all national pride from a country that celebrated an ideology of being a strong and powerful people. This is best described by the goals set in the Treaty of Versailles. The first goal of the US was to establish democratic elections and also establish the League of Nations in which a body of National representatives could solve disputes without going to war. This League of Nations was the cause for US not ratifying the Treaty as it would
