During his long reign, Franz Josef used many methods to maintain his great Habsburg empire. Mark the statement if he tried one o
f the methods below. A. He crushed a revolt by his Hungarian subjects and executed their leaders. B. He refused to agree to a written constitution, even one that maintained all his powers. C. He split his empire into Austrian and Hungarian parts, and set up a parliament in Budapest. D. He advanced the rights of his Slav subjects, such as Czechs, Slovaks, Croats, and Slovenes. E. He increased his possessions in the Italian-speaking and German-speaking parts of his empire.
C. He split his empire into Austrian and Hungarian parts, and set up a parliament in Budapest.
Explanation:
Franz Joseph was Emperor of Austria (1848– 1916) and ruler of Hungary (1867– 1916), who split his realm into the Dual Monarchy, were Austria and Hungary coexisted as equal partners.
In 1879 he framed an alliance with Prussian-led Germany, and in 1914 his final offer to Serbia drove Austria and Germany into World War I.
