Using the word "sinew" suggests that there are many components of what make peace work, and it implies that we as people must know how to be peaceful by cooperating with each other.
"The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War."
I’d go with C. Jazz and the dance “The Charleston” were big and new in the 1920s.
Not A, because The Great War, World War I, ended in 1918.
Not B, because the Panama Canal was built from 1904 to 1914.
Regarding D: Telegraphs were sent from the 1840s-1977. If the question is supposed to have more than one answer, this would be a good second answer. But if the question has only one answer, go with C.
The answer would be B because it was the beginning of the Napolenic Wars and the fall of the Bastille.