Southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves.
Explanation:
Manumission is the act of an owner freeing his slaves. After slavery was abolished the Southern states started to pass laws called Black Codes. Those laws made manumission harder and also restricted African American’s freedom, right to work, right to vote, right to own property, right to marry and others.
The Black Codes aimed to make African American lives harder so they could not get revenge.
Answer:The Treaty of Versailles was justifiable given the actions of the German government during World War I but it was unwise because of its punishment of the German people it created the conditions for World War II.