President jefferson briefly hesitated about accepting napoleon's offer to sell the louisiana territory to the united states because he a. doubted that congress would appropriate the $15 million that napolean was asking. b. believed that much of the territory was desert land unsuitable for farming. c. did not think the louisiana was worth $15 million. d. believed that the constitution did not specifically give the federal government the power to purchase new lands. e. worried that a deal with france might anger the spanish to the point of going to war.

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.