Which statement describes a way in which russia differed from western europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? a. most russians of all classes were orthodox christians, not catholics or protestants. b. russian peasants gained land rights and personal freedom before these reforms reached western europe. c. russia was the first country in europe to establish a constitutional monarchy. d. russian nobles embraced the enlightenment long before their western counterparts did.

president carter called the victims of kidnapping "victims of terrorism and anarchy" and added that the united states was not going to give in to blackmail. in the united states, they see hostage-taking as an outrage on the part of the islamist movement that violated the principle of international law on the immunity and inviolability of diplomats and their embassies.

carter refused to yield to the demands, khomeini used the situation to consolidate his power and nullify the challenges of the moderate wing of his government, headed by its president. the euphoria over the humiliation of the most powerful nation distracted the iranian people from the economic difficulties of their country. carter, in april 1980, broke diplomatic relations with iran and imposed a trade embargo, except medicine and food. iranian funds in the us they were frozen and accounted for to compensate the hostages when they were released and to pay the demands of us companies against iran.

c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment