How did nationalism affect the political goals of the country of serbia? a. serbs wanted to unify all of the slavic countries of the balkan peninsula with the austro-hungarian empire. b. serbs wanted to declare independence from the ottoman empire, as other slavic countries had done. c. serbs wanted the slavic areas of austria-hungary to separate from the empire and become a part of serbia. d. serbs wanted to overthrow the government of austria-hungary, unify the slavic people, and take over the empire's territory.