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Which option best explains the role that Alsace-Lorraine played in the lead-up to the First World War?

Alsace-Loraine was a region rich in natural resources that both Germany and France wanted to claim.
Germany marched into Alsace-Loraine, which caused England to declare war on Germany.
Alsace-Loraine was the name of an alliance formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary,and Italy.
Alsace-Loraine was the name of the French minister of war who made an alliance with Russia.

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Option 1.

Alsace‑Lorraine was a border region (rich in coal and iron) that Germany annexed after the 1871 Franco‑Prussian War. Its loss was a major French grievance (revanchism) and a long‑running source of Franco‑German tension and rivalry in the decades before 1914.