In the wake of the settlements agreed at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson, the President of the United States, began an effort to convince the United States Congress to ratify both the treaty and to approve American participation the League of Nations, which Wilson had proposed as part of his Fourteen Points. In 1919, Wilson embarked on a speaking tour of the Western United States, arguing in favor of ratification of the Covenant of the League of Nations and responding to criticisms of it.
After the agreements made at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson sought to convince the U.S. Congress to ratify both the treaty and approve American involvement in the League of Nations, a body Wilson had proposed as part of his Fourteen Points. In 1919, Wilson embarked on a tour across the Western United States to promote ratification of the Covenant of the League of Nations and respond to criticisms against it.