In more desperate times, Jews became scapegoats for many problems people suffered. For example, they were blamed for causing the "Black Death," the plague that killed thousands of people throughout Europe during the Middle Ages.
-U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Use the context clues to determine the meaning of the term "scapegoats".
A. enclosed districts that isolated Jews from the non-Jewish population
B. people who are blamed for all that is wrong C. prosecutors who punish leaders who commit atrocities
