<span>A) Nationalism prevented the countries from uniting </span>
Throughout the Arab region, a strong nationalist sentiment opposed
foreign control. This led to emergence of nationalist organizations as the
National Party in Egypt, the Young Ottomans and then the Young Turks in the
Ottoman Empire. Different nationalist groups had different ideas of the future
of their countries and about how national communities ought to be formed.
<span>Supporters of the Union side in the Civil War generally supported the "Republican" party, since the Republicans were against the institution of slavery. </span>
