Because feudalism had never been firmly established in italy, growing city-states were able to
a. appeal to the central government for assistance with expansion
b. barter various goods and services provided by the merchants for food crops from surrounding farms
c. freeze assets of the nobility to enrich the political leaders of the city-state
d. expand into surrounding areas by taking lands away from nobles

austria

hugary

yugoslavia

czechoslovakia

hello!

according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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