C. <span>People were able to focus on ideas rather than simple survival.</span>
Answer:
Explanation:
-Series of reforms passed by the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876
-Reforms aimed to encourage Ottomanism among the many ethnic groups that lived in the Ottoman Empire and to prevent the slow decline of the empire
-The reforms tried, but failed, to integrate non-Muslims and non-Turks more thoroughly into the Ottoman society through civil liberties and regulations
The Catholic church was corrupt, taking money from poor people just to give them tickets to Heaven.
