Which of the Following Encouraged the European Powers to Surrender

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following encouraged the European powers to surrender their African colonies?

• A) The European powers determined that it was time to live up to their Enlightenment ideals.
• B) The United States encouraged decolonization, but the USSR opposed it.
• C) The treaty ending World War II called for immediate decolonization.
• D) The European powers were too deep in debt to invest more in pacifying the discontented Africans.

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