Which factor explains the trend shown in the table?

economic competition from europe after world war i

demobilization of u. s. soldiers after world war i

a spike in immigration to the united states after world war i

a sudden dropoff in government spending after world war i

The correct answer is d

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.