The nye committee hearings in the 1930s popularized the idea that a key factor leading the united states into world war i had beena. german aggression. b. the power vacuum caused by the decline of the ottoman turkish empire. c. the need to protect american bank loans to the allies (which were used to buy arms from u. s. manufacturers).d. the need to protect american overseas colonial possessions (which were threatened by german and japanese expansion).

D. the need to protect American overseas colonial possessions (which were threatened by German and Japanese expansion).

Explanation:

The Nye Committee is named so because of its chairman Gerald Nye. It was established on 12 April 1934 to investigate the banking and financial interest of the United States and its involvement in World War One. The main topics which led to the establishment of the committee were what leads the United States in World War one, war profits, condition of munition industry and the bidding of the government contracts in the shipbuilding industry. This committee has significant appeal on the public opinion of the United States to chooses neutrality in The World War Second.