One of the worst atrocities of world war ii was
a. the holocaust.
b. the yalta conference.
c. soviet control of eastern europe.
d. the union between the soviet union and the united states.
what might have been a reason that allied soldiers forced german citizens to visit the buchenwald death camp?
a. to make them feel blame for what happened
b. to demonstrate the superiority of the allied powers
c. to encourage them to rebuild germany as a democracy
d. to remove their

1. international: struggle for hegemony and empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state

2. political conflict: conflict between the monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy.

3. the enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism, one variant of which was laid out in montequieu’s spirit of the laws; introduces new notions of good government, the most radical being popular sovereignty, as in rousseau’s social contract [1762]; the attack on the regime and privileged class by the literary underground of “grub street; ” the broadening influence of public opinion.

4. social antagonisms between two rising groups: the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie

5. ineffective ruler: louis xvi

6. economic hardship, especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages.

i also think it is c