Serfdom was abolished in Russia because of all of the following except

A) a military of soldiers with a stake in their society fought harder than lifetime servants.
B) industrial progress required a mobile labor force.
C) the tsar feared a rebellion unless serfdom was abolished.
D) Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War revealed the need to modernize.
E) abolitionist groups in Russia were gaining support from the landed gentry.


Ans: E

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