The republicans selected abraham lincoln as their presidential candidate even though
a. he had no significant political background.
b. he had supported the kansas-nebraska act.
c. he had favored the extension of slavery into the west.
d. he did not plan to end slavery where it already existed.

the right answer is a. he had no significant political background.

abraham lincoln was an uncommon common man who remained an obscure figure in terms of the national political landscape. he had emerged on the national scene during his unsuccessful illinois senatorial campaign two years before and had since taken a stance designed to make him available for the nomination. before this he was a small-town lawyer from springfield, rawboned former whig state legislator, and one-term congressman.

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.

i would go with the last one