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Russian Jews 1881-1914 - the shorter puzzle!

Read pages vi - top paragraph of page 7 in The History of the Jewish People, Book 2 to do this puzzle.
Across
The majority of Jews who fled Russia during 1881-1914 came to this country.
Under Jewish Enlightenment, Jews became ____ into the larger society.
Modernization and _____ also contributed to the poverty of Russian Jews because their old ways of making a living were becoming obsolete (no longer useful).
Sholom Aleichem, the author of the story that became the movie Fiddler on the Roof, wrote in this language.
This word, which means to become free, is the term that was used to mean Jews becoming full citizens with the same rights as non-Jews.
During the Enlightenment, many Jews left their small towns and went to cities with dreams of joining the ___ class.
Unstable ___ conditions fueled Russian anti-semitism.
Jewish Enlightenment emphasized ___ or non-religious learning -- like studying science, math, etc.
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The great wave of anti-semitic riots (known as a word that begins with a P) in Russia from 1881-82 became a ____ ____ for Russian Jews - they could no longer live under such conditions.
Jewish dreams of upward mobility were dashed when the Czar, Alexander the Second, was ____ in March, 1881.
With increased ____ Jews could choose HOW to live as Jews, but also WHETHER to live as Jews.
These riots were allowed and even encouraged by the Russian police -- against Jews. Jews were beaten and their property destroyed.
This word meant that Jews could become free citziens with the same rights as others (to work, to live where they wanted to, etc., etc.)
Russia's new Czar, Alexander the III, ___ the Jews!
Many Jewish merchants, peddlers, artisans and innkeeprs found that their ___ were no longer needed by the late 1880's.
Russian peasants blamed the Jews for the death of Alexander the Second. Jews became a _____ for Russia's political and economic difficulties.