The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

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Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The United States will,indeed,undertake under Article X to 'respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the League [of Nations]' and that engagement constitutes a very grave and solemn moral obligation. But it is a moral,not a legal,obligation,and leaves our Congress absolutely free to put its own interpretation upon it in all cases that call for action."
Woodrow Wilson,Testimony before the Senate over Article X of the Treaty of Versailles,1919
-Which of the following best explains how America's role in this conflict and her negotiation of this treaty represent a departure from previous iterations of foreign policy?

• A) Before this, America had vocally opposed intervention in foreign countries.
• B) Previously, America had avoided becoming involved in European conflicts.
• C) Prior to this, Americans had been outspoken in support of presiding over international order.
• D) Formerly, America had preferred purely economic interventions.

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