The European Great Powers Welcomed a Civil War in the United

The European great powers welcomed a civil war in the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) war would weaken the power of the United States in the Western hemisphere.
B) a divided America would likely put a halt to European immigration.
C) they could play the two nations off against one another in a game of balance of power.
D) their existing colonies would be safe against further American expansion.
E) they might more readily seize new colonial territory in the Americas.