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These people’s immigration to the U.S. was aided by the Galveston Movement. The phrase “rootless cosmopolitans” was used to deride these people, who had earlier been the subjects of Alexander III’s 1882 May Laws. (15[1])A state-sponsored Stalinist (15[1]-5[1])conspiracy accused these types of (*) doctors of conspiring to assassinate Soviet leaders. These people were confined to live in the Pale of Settlement, where they populated small towns known as shtetls and were often targeted in pogroms. For 10 points, name this religious minority in the Russian Empire who often spoke Yiddish. (10[1])■END■

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