Question

instead of trying to reduce the burden of taxation, the republican senate has spent its full time trying to defeat the plan for a ____, which if organized will cut down and limit military armament among all the great powers, and will make war almost if not impossible. if the senate destroys the ____, then the united states must begin at once to arm on a greater scale than any other nation in the world.\textsuperscript{3}\
ewline—former u.s. treasury secretary william g. mcadoo, 1920\
ewline which term completes the excerpt?\
ewline \bigcirc a. league of nations\
ewline \bigcirc b. bolshevik revolution\
ewline \bigcirc c. union of soviet socialist republics\
ewline \bigcirc d. mandate system

Explanation:

The excerpt from 1920 refers to a plan to limit military armament among great powers and prevent war, which aligns with the core goals of the League of Nations. U.S. Senate opposition to joining the League of Nations was a major political issue in this era, and the threat of increased U.S. armament if the plan failed matches the context of the Senate rejecting the League. The other options do not focus on multilateral disarmament to prevent war: the Bolshevik Revolution was a Russian political upheaval, the USSR was a nation-state, and the mandate system focused on post-WWI territorial control.

Answer:

A. League of Nations