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Card 6

Front

What two main reasons were there for the purchase of the shares in the Suez Canal?

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Card 7

Front

What benefit did the Suez have to the military?

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Card 8

Front

What other Empire threatened both French and British control in Egypt?

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Card 9

Front

How did Gladstone feel about the Purchase of the Suez Canal shares?

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Card 10

Front

What kind of alliance did Gladstone want when it came to the ruling of Egypt?

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Card 11

Front

How much of Gladstone's portfolio was Egyptian bonds?

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Card 12

Front

Why did the British give bonds to powerful Egyptians?

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Card 13

Front

What country threatened the Empire in Northern Africa?

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Card 14

Front

Why did the British feel that they had to control the Suez rather than just use it?

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Card 15

Front

how much of Egypt's imports came from the British in the 1870's)

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