Which group do you think are most in need of greater equality (Civil Rights) in America today? There are obviously many possible answers to this question and writing about one group does not mean you don't recognize the trials and tribulations of other groups. How do you think this group should go about attaining greater equality? Should they seek to change the system through the courts like the NAACP? Or should they seek to inspire legislative change like MLK and the nonviolent faction of the Civil Rights Movement? Or, should they follow the advice of Malcom X and demand and fight for their equality "by any means necessary"? Or, is there another way you think Civil Rights can and should be achieved in the modern era?

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.