to strengthen the Allies by joining French forces

to remain independent of other Allied forces

to retreat back along the Western Front due to poor conditions

to opt out of the Battle of Argonne Forest due to to severe shortages in supplies

German forces lost to determined U.S. forces against the odds.

U.S. forces defended themselves against a surprise German attack.

U.S. forces lost due to difficult fighting in a thick and unfamiliar forest.

German forces won due to intelligence they received about American troop movements.

The Allied leaders hoped to create the United Nations, which would be stronger than Wilson's League of Nations.

The Allied leaders considered Wilson's demands for reparations from Germany to be too harsh.

The Allied leaders did not support Wilson's idea of "peace without victory" and wanted to weaken Germany.

The Allied leaders were suspicious of Wilson's ambitions and feared that the United States was becoming too powerful.