IB History Exam Prep

Answer - A - During the later half of the 19^th century, Jewish people were most persecuted in Russia.

Key Takeaway: In the late 1800s, Jewish people who resided in the villages in western Russia suffered terribly violent attacks, called pogroms. Very often, these pogroms were actually sanctioned by the Russian government. Although anti-Semitism was prominent elsewhere too, it was never as brutally violent as it was in Russia.