The majority of children being born will be nonwhite (APEX Class ;)
C: Oregon became the first state west of the Rocky Mountains due to its rapid increase in population during the mid-1800s.
B. To assure that no one person or group has too much power.
D. Great Britain.
Source: My World History Textbook
"Great Britain, which long opposed construction of the canal for fear that it might fall into enemy hands, benefited more than any other nation... Instead of making Egypt powerful and independent, the Suez Canal provided the excuse for a British invasion and occupation of that country."