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the   square   deal   was   a   program   where   the   government gave any one   a fair   chance   to succeed

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.

some american cities felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies