Why did the Russian tsar’s government purge the Pale of Settlement of its Jewish population in the 1880s?
a) Anti-Semitism was adopted as a nationalistic policy that would unify ethnic Russians.
b) The population in the Pale had repeatedly revolted against the Russian government.
Consider This: When the purge began, there were nearly four million Jews living in the Pale. See 8.4.2: The “Jewish Question.”
c) Russia’s Jewish population was unwilling to pay Russian taxes.
Consider This: When the purge began, there were nearly four million Jews living in the Pale. See 8.4.2: The “Jewish Question.”
d) Jewish men were unwilling to join the Russian military.
Consider This: When the purge began, there were nearly four million Jews living in the Pale. See 8.4.2: The “Jewish Question.”
a) Anti-Semitism was adopted as a nationalistic policy that would unify ethnic Russians.
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