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history: are my answers right? (part 2)?

6: The Crimean War illustrated what about the Ottoman Empire?
-That it was technologically far behind the rest of Europe
-That its political structure was more advanced than much of the western world
-That its economy was advancing at a rapid rate.

7: Who was the first king of Austria-Hungary?
-Franz Joseph
-Otto van Bismarck
-Victor Emmanuel II

8: What did the soldiers of the Decembrist Revolt in Russia demand?
-A renewed economy
-A constitution
-A united social status

9: What great reform happened under Tsar Alexander II?
-A new constitution
-National welfare
-Emancipation of the serfs

10: What was the October Manifesto?
-An agreement with Tsar Nicholas II that gave less power to the Duma
-An agreement with Tsar Nicholas II that gave rights to the Russian people and gave more power to the Duma
-A literary work popular in the 19th century

my answers:
6: choice 2
7: choice 1
8: choice 1
9: choice 3
10: choice 2
thankyou so much =]

6. a.
The Crimean War initiated a decline in Ottoman morale and a helplessness. Europeans, for their part, no longer saw the Ottomans as an equal force to be reckoned with, but as a tool to be used in larger European concerns.

7. a.
Austria-Hungary, also known as the dual monarchy, nation in central Europe ruled by the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was established in 1867 under Francis Joseph I, the emperor of Austria and king of Hungary.

8. B
The Decembrist Society was basically a group of liberal military noblemen who sought to set up a constitutional monarchy after the death of Alexander I. They came from the war in the west, leaving them with the impression of western democratic countries which reflected badly on their own monarchical state.

9. C.
In 1861 Alexander issued his Emancipation Manifesto that proposed 17 legislative acts that would free the serfs in Russia. Alexander announced that personal serfdom would be abolished and all peasants would be able to buy land from their landlords.

10. B
The Manifesto addressed the unrest in Russia and pledged to grant civil liberties to the people: including personal immunity, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of association; a broad participation in the Duma; introduction of universal male suffrage; and a decree that no law should come into force without the consent of the state Duma.