The answer is B) they would be accepted into the military.
Why is the answer B)? Because It says suitable freed persons will "be recieved into the armed service," meaning that the government would provide for slaves because they would be accepted into the military. The military would have either paid free slaves or provided food and shelter for them.
Because of the options you give, I know that we did the same test. Anyway, the Crimean war wasn't a major cause but because of Autocratic rule. I am 80% sure its that one, since they've had a history in that stuff.
Columbus' Crew was just a bunch of people that were prisoners by the queen and just dirty, because the queen thought that Columbus wouldn't succeed, plus she needed to get rid of the prisoners.