According to "the ransom of red chief" (page 48), by the end of the story, the terms of the ransom have changed dramatically. which sentence from the story best shows who sets the final terms of the ransom? a) "i received your letter to-day by post, in regard to the ransom you ask for the return of my son." b) "you bring johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash, and i agree to take him off your hands." c) "sam," says he, "what's two hundred and fifty dollars, after all? " d) "tell you the truth, bill," says i, "this little ewe lamb has somewhat got on my nerves too."

what following?

explanation:

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.