Which of the Following Statements Best Applies to Spain and Italy

question 18

Multiple Choice

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.

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