Why was it a priority for the government of the second republic to immediately established the national workshop? how would reducing unemployment benefit the new government?

National Workshops were created by the provisional government of the French Second Republic after the Revolution of 1848, under the influence of Louis Blanc.

The industrial distress and overall agricultural and commercial crisis had risen unemployment.

Blanc believed that in order to create a greater society, work should be guaranteed for everyone through “social workshops” funded by the state that could progressively control production and achieve a socialist society.

the options of this question are:

a) president wilson’s desire to form the league of nations  

b) germany’s desire for reasonable conditions of surrender and fair treatment.  

c)europe’s desire to maintain original pre-war borders  

d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions

the correct answer is d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions.

the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions had the greatest influence on how germany was treated after world war i.

it is estimated that the cost of wwi was around 260 billion dollars, and the allies wanted germany to pay a big part for the losses. the allies also wanted to impose land losses as well as limit the army of germany and confiscate their industrial resources to apply the retribution.

in the united states, president woodrow wilson created the fourteen points to be delivered to germany, as a peace program. he presented these documents to the u.s. congress in january 1918.