The Great European Powers Cooperated More and Fought Less During

question 36

Multiple Choice

The great European powers cooperated more and fought less during the nineteenth century,in part because of:

• A)the invention of new weapons that made war more costly.
• B)international institutions that prevented wars from occurring.
• C)the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
• D)the unification of Germany.
• E)increasingly free trade between countries.

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