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6. were the people's will populists or nihilists?
7. what happened to universities under Alexander the 3rd?
- they were closed temporarily due to student protests
- uni fees increased
- all of the above
- they came under government control
8. what was the consequence of being found guilty of political opposition?
- execution or exile to siberia
- a warning
- execution or a prison scentence
- persecution of you and your family
9. what would the liberals do if they were in charge?
- free the people and make them the electorate
- give freedom of the press and a national parliament elected by the wealthy
- attempt a further revolution
- keep the tsar in absolute power
10. what did the liberals want?
- peaceful political change
- violent uprisings
- no change
- a bloody revolution
11. what was the state of statute security?
- a ministerial position held by Pobodonostev
- the body guards to the tsar
- a policy that created government controlled courts to try political opponents without need for a jury
- the creation of a new secret police by the tsar's ministers
12. what did all of these repressive policies cause?
- the upper classes to be angry at the tsar
- the opposition to go underground
- the opposition to deminish
- the opposition to increase
13. how did the government prevent freedom of the press?
- censored foreign books and banned certain newspapers
- burnt all foreign books
- banned any reference to the tsar in the newspapers
- killed all key journalists
14. what year did the state of statute security end?
15. what was a nihilist?
- wanted to ddestroy the tsar's rule and free the people with no clear plan- anorchy
- someone who supported the tsar's rule and wanted to destroy all opposition
- someone who wanted a peaceful uprising leading to a parliamentary council