Polk's state of the union address, although celebratory, was a precursor to

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Polk's state of the union address, although celebratory, was a precursor to the Manifested Destiny and the advocacy of annexation.

US President James Knox Polk delivered his state of the union address on December 2, 1845. A considerable number of lines were dedicated to the Mexican-American conflicts and the idea that the United States had the right to own the majority of the North American territory.

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.