How did the Meiji Emperor (Mutsuhito) begin modernizing Japan? * wrote a new constitution based on Western thoughts and ideas
sent diplomats to study overseas to examine Western thought
reorganized the military based on German ideas
set up a public education system based on US system
all of the above

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 think they came to washington to protest

b. the 200th birthday of the united states

geography

this is because warmer climates often don't get people sick from the flu and regions where it was often colder more people received the flu. hope this if you need more reasoning i am here to