Which of the following is true in regard to Egypt, England, and France and the Suez Canal?

a. The building and financing of the canal was a collaboration between France and England.
b. Egypt depended on revenues from cotton to keep its independence and stock in the canal.
c. With the fall in cotton revenue, the Egyptian khedive was forced to sell their stocks to the British.
d. All of the answers are correct.
e. England forced both political and military oversight of Egypt.


d

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Muslim modernists like al-Afghani and Abduh argued that

a. Islam is rational and scientific b. The Qur'an is merely allegorical c. Islam is a superstition that must be outgrown d. Democracy is incompatible with Islam e. The Ottoman Empire needed to be overthrown

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What was the consequence of Senator Joseph McCarthy's nationally televised congressional hearings in 1954?

A. McCarthy was disgraced. B. McCarthy grew more popular than ever. C. McCarthy was imprisoned. D. McCarthy decided to run for president.

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Jacksonian democracy reconciled its defense of both economic populism and capitalism by means of free-market competiton.

a. true b. false

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