The Schlieffen Plan's strategy required that France be defeated swiftly – but this didn't happen. That failure led to sustained trench warfare on the Western Front. In those grim battles of attrition, such as the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun, Allied forces ultimately outnumbered the Germans
The country of France was in severe debt after helping to finance the American Revolution. Also, food shortages, especially bread, led to inflation of prices in the years just before the French Revolution broke out. (See image: Courtesy of weebly.com)
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- Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state 1820
- The Mexican-American War ended with the United States gaining more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory 1846-1848
- Under the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state, and the territories of Utah and New Mexico were created 1850
- Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States 1860
- The Southern states formed a confederation known as the Confederate States of America 1860-1861
Explanation:
The answer is D. The Germans wanted to knock out Russia with its slow moving army then they could focus all of their efforts on France
