Following world war i, the allies

a) created the united nations to prevent another such conflict.

b) agreed to unite against the rising power of the united states.

c) agreed to immediately grant independence to their colonial possessions around the world.

d) blamed germany for the starting the war and forced them to compensate all countries involved.

D) blamed Germany for starting the war and forced them to compensate all countries involved.

The Treaty of Versailles results from the defeat of Germany, the way the document is written explicitly blames the nation for the unrest and poses a moral judgment on the nation. As a result of this, the German nation felt guilty but eventually wanted to revenge, and many Historians agree in that rather than helping to pacify the belligerent nationalism the Treaty resulted in increasing the tensions. The debt that Germany had with the Allies rose to such an amount that it was unbearable to them and sunk the economy. The rise of fascist ideology quickly overthrows the short-lived attempt of the Republic of Weimar. There was a huge imposition of sanctions, where reparations were to be paid to the victorious side. but German conservative factions were never to accept them. The banks went on to give a huge loan to Germany, that was using them to pay for the reparations, but also fostered the rearming of also a prohibited military force that was operating on the shadows.

the completion of the erie canal spurred the first great westward movement of american settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the appalachians and made new york the preeminent commercial city in the united states.

#1 im pretty sure its a.