Which of the following statements about the decades before world war i is correct?
select the best answer from the choices provided.
a. germany unified and experienced rapid industrialization.
b. the balance of power between euopean countries set up in 1815 remained . unchanged.
c. germany exchanged its african colonies in return for territory in europe.
d. france returned to its place as the economic and political powerhouse of europe.

answer: born in saint-dié, in the vosges department, france, he studied law, and was called to the bar at paris in 1854,[2] but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly to le temps. he attacked the second french empire with great violence, directing his opposition especially against baron haussmann, prefect of the seine department. a series of his articles in le temps was later republished as the fantastic tales of haussmannlaxupa (1868).[2]

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