Which of the following best describes how political changes influenced the ideas of machiavelli? the church maintained a firm control of the political leaders but began to lose ground as they became more corrupt. the rise of humanism led leaders to depend more on their own ideas then on the church for political decisions and actions. the prince was a diabolical ruler who used his people to achieve his own ends. the greeks heavily influenced the church’s teachings on how to influence political leaders.

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.

briefly explain support for the argument that the articles of confederation succeeded in guiding the us through its first decade

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