How did the decline of the Ottoman Empire contribute to outside interests exerting control in the Middle East through the agreement? It gave European powers an opportunity to protect the empire from internal instability. It gave France and Great Britain an opportunity to claim land holdings in the Middle East. It gave the empire a way to modernize society and acclimatize European culture. It gave France and Great Britain the necessary latitude to end World War I in the Middle East.

President nixon resigned from office in 1974 after he was informed that the senate would impeach him, as allowed in the constitution, for his actions in the watergate scandal. one of the key reasons that nixon’s actions became public was a) the freedom of press guaranteed by the first amendment. b) the right to confront witnesses as guaranteed by the sixth amendment. c) the limitation of judicial powers as defined in article 3 of the constitution. d) the prohibition against illegal search and seizure as guaranteed by the fourth amendment.