a) the fertile soil led to food surpluses, which supported a larger group of people
It is D providing thesis that it is supported with reliable evidence
<span>The </span>Sherman Antitrust Act<span> (</span>Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209<span>, </span>15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7<span>) is a landmark federal statute in the history of </span>United States antitrust law<span> (or "</span>competition
law<span>") passed by Congress in 1890. Passed under
the presidency of </span>Benjamin
Harrison<span>, it prohibits certain business activities that
federal government regulators deem to be </span>anti-competitive<span>, and requires the federal government to
investigate and pursue </span>trusts<span>.</span>
C would be the answer, in ww1 after the loss for Germany, they signed the treaty of Versailles in 1918 leaving them completely in debt since their currency was worth nothing and it gets worse down the road from there due to the economic corruptions globally. Now with ww2 Germany was split up into 4 pieces after 1945 and each piece was owned by France, Great Britain, United States, and Russia, with that being said, Germany has lost almost all of its power and with no power their economic stability has no chance to withstand all of that conflict.