Which of the Following Trends Helped Lead to the Outbreak

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following trends helped lead to the outbreak of the Great War?

• A)The hopes of conservative leaders to crush internal democratic movements through war.
• B)The adoption by European generals of new military policies.
• C)The belief of European states that they had to uphold the power of their allies for their own internal security.
• D)The downward spiral of European economies.
• E)The dismantling of Europe's overseas empires.

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