What was an effect of the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe during the 1880s?

A) a wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine

B) the expulsion of all Jews from Europe

C) a feeling of peace and contentment among European Jews

D) a major war among the leading powers in Europe

The correct answer is A

In the 70s and 80s of the 19th century, contemporary anti-Semitism developed in Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, France and Italy. In Germany it is where it acquires a more clearly racist character, while in the rest of the countries Christianity predominates.

In 1881 the first wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine began, motivated by the persecutions to which Jews were subjected in Europe. There they bought land from the Ottomans or Arab landowners