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."
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Engineering may be the sum
They connected the western region of the United States to the industrial revolution creating greater populations and comerce in that region of the country