In 1861 Tsar Alexander II of Russia emancipated the Russian serfs. Two years later, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Which of the following statements correctly states a similarity or a difference in these two events?
A) In both countries, it took considerable military force and violence to impose emancipation.
B) In both countries, the large landowners who were affected resisted the government's efforts for decades.
C) In both countries, the governments established a process by which the nobles or former slaveowners would be compensated for their losses.
D) In both countries, the newly emancipated people were provided with land on which to begin a new life as free citizens.
E) In both instances, sooner or later, landowners regained authority over labor, sought profit from agricultural production, and held social advantage.
E
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What will be an ideal response?
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