What was the main reason why European diplomats were incapable of slowing a rush toward war as early as late July of 1914?
a. European kings, tsars, and emperors were too bent on war to heed their advice.
b. The complex, rigid, and demanding mobilization plans devised by European army generals made immediate military action essential.
c. Ordinary people everywhere went to the polls and voted for immediate opening of the war on all fronts.
d. European industrialists, seeking to profit from mass destruction, induced the politicians they owned through bribery to push declarations of war through all European legislatures.
e. Communications was slow in a pre-computer era.
b
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What was a major factor stimulating English migration to the New World?
A) a desire to establish a democratic form of government B) court sentences of banishment to the colonies C) escape from the plague D) laws that forced the migration of the poorer classes E) a desire for land ownership
A consequence of Native Americans' increasing reliance on agriculture was __________
A) a decrease in the need for military forces B) a new division of labor and, ultimately, the emergence of classes C) increased reliance on weather patterns D) higher levels of disease
The peoples living in North America prior to Columbus' arrival in 1492 were descendants of migrants from
A. the Caribbean. B. Asia. C. South America. D. Europe.