Directions: In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and have been labeled as A, B, C, D, and E. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences accordingly by selecting the correct option.

A. The 19th century represented a clear decline for the Spanish Empire, while the United States went from becoming a newly founded country to being a medium regional power

B. which in turn would cause the independence of a large part of the American colonies, and later political instability bled the country socially and economically

C. On the other hand, throughout that century the US expanded economically by purchasing territories such as Louisiana and Alaska, militarily by actions such as the Mexican–American War, and by receiving large numbers of immigrants

D. That process was interrupted only for a few years by the American Civil War and Reconstruction era

E. In the Spanish case, the decadence, which already came from previous centuries, accelerated first with the Napoleonic invasion