France's Greatest Concern During the 1920s Was

question 28

Multiple Choice

France's greatest concern during the 1920s was

• A) where to find husbands for all the women left behind by the country's loss of about 1.5 million men.
• B) whether Germany was going to pay France the money due them.
• C) that people in the seized territories of Alsace and Lorraine might demand a referendum to see if they wanted to belong to Germany or France.
• D) being in the unenviable position of fearing Germany's strength but feeling that no matter what Germany did, another war was out of the question.
• E) whether its people felt "French enough" to fight off German aggression.

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