Which of the following statements best applies to Spain and Italy in the late nineteenth century?
A) Spain had returned to the status of a great power.
B) Italy's unification was vigorously supported by the pope.
C) Both countries were preeminent colonial powers, especially in Africa.
D) Both countries remained second-rate European powers, less transformed by the economic and cultural innovations of the age.
E) Both nations had joined the nations of northern Europe by creating powerful industrial middle-class societies.
D
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