In the 1844 election, the phrase “fifty-four forty or fight! ” referred a. the number of representatives in congress b. the growing us economy in the west c. the desired boundary line in the north d. the threat of war with american indians

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.

c, because the american revolution was from 1765 to 1783.