What was the main reason for building the suez canal?

- increasing russian naval ports in the middle east

- allowing indian merchants to reach the eastern coast of africa

- increasing europeans trade with the middle east and asia

- allowing the french military to bring weapons to asia

Option: C. Increasing Europeans trade with the Middle East and Asia

Explanation:

The Suez Canal became the first man-made canal, constructed by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1869. The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The canal divides Africa from Asia, it is the quickest maritime route between Europe and Asia,  through the Indian Ocean. The trading became the purpose of the canal, also easier for the European to control colonies in Asia.  The construction of the Suez Canal began in 1859 up to 1869 by the Suez Canal Company.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.