On September 9, the exhausted Germans began a fighting retreat to the Aisne River. The Battle of the Marne was the first significant Allied victory of World War I, saving Paris and thwarting Germany's plan for a quick victory over France.
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The correct answer is <u>C</u>: These were acts designed to protect blacks and white Republicans from the intimidation tactics of white supremacist groups like the Klan and the White League.
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The Enforcement Acts of 1870-1871 were criminal codes that protected African-Americans' and white Republicans' right to vote. The main goal of these acts was to fight against the KKK and the White League, which were targeting black people, and, later, other groups.
These Acts prohibited the use of violence and intimidation used to prevent people from voting and denying them this right.
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Answer: the correct answer is B. to gain control of the German-speaking provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
Explanation: as a consequence of the war the German states proclaimed their union as the German Empire under the Prussian king Wilhelm I, finally uniting Germany as a nation-state. The Treaty of Frankfurt of 10 May 1871 gave Germany most of Alsace and some parts of Lorraine, which became the Imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen). The German conquest of France and the unification of Germany upset the European balance of power that had existed since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and Otto von Bismarck maintained great authority in international affairs for two decades.
