AQA GCSE History · 8145
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A violent attack on a Jewish community.
Revise: Migration PatternsMany came from the Russian Empire, where Jewish communities faced expulsions, discrimination and violent attacks known as pogroms.
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GCSE History · key term
An organised violent attack on a particular ethnic or religious community, especially Jewish communities.
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Paper 2
A violent attack on a Jewish community.
Revise: Migration PatternsMany came from the Russian Empire, where Jewish communities faced expulsions, discrimination and violent attacks known as pogroms.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An organised outbreak of violence against a particular community, especially the attacks on Jewish communities in the Russian Empire.
Revise: The Whitechapel Environment: Living Conditions and MigrationFollowing the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, Jewish communities in the Russian Empire faced a wave of antisemitism and pogroms. Many fled persecution. Whitechapel’s affordable accommodation and existing Jewish community made it an important destination.
A violent attack on a Jewish community.
An outbreak of organised violence against a particular ethnic or religious group; in this context, attacks on Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.
A violent attack by a crowd against a particular community, especially a Jewish community, involving actions such as looting, arson and murder.
Paper 2, Paper 3
A violent attack on an ethnic or religious community, particularly used for attacks on Jewish communities.
Revise: Industrial Migration, Political Movements and LegislationFollowing the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, pogroms against Jewish communities in the Russian Empire encouraged a large wave of emigration. Britain offered refuge from this persecution.
A violent attack on a particular ethnic or religious community, especially the attacks on Jewish communities in the Russian Empire.
Paper 1, Paper 3
Revise: European migrantsRumours blamed Jewish revolutionaries for the killing. These accusations helped trigger pogroms—violent attacks on Jewish communities—in Ukraine and elsewhere in the Russian Empire. Anti-Jewish laws added to the persecution.
An organised outbreak of violence against Jewish people and their communities.
For an explanation of the pogroms, connect each cause to violence: religious prejudice encouraged hostility, crusading heightened tensions, and debt gave some attackers a financial motive.
Use the named towns and dates to show the extent of the pogroms; do not describe York as an isolated incident.
Support explanations of Jewish migration with dated examples, such as the pogroms following 1881, Whitechapel’s clothing workshops in 1889, or Michael Marks’s market stall in 1884.
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