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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, The Mexicans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the turn of the century, what was the population density of the lower East Side in New York?
(a) One hundred people per acre.
(b) Two hundred people per acre.
(c) Five hundred people per acre.
(d) Seven hundred people per acre.

2. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?
(a) Gambling restrictions.
(b) Pro-immigration law.
(c) Anti-immigration law.
(d) Prohibition.

3. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?
(a) A pro-immigrant political party.
(b) A rude name for immigrants.
(c) An anti-immigrant political party.
(d) Immigrants who refused to participate in elections.

4. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?
(a) Sabotage.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Poetry.

5. What was the "Pale"?
(a) The area where Russian Jews were not allowed to live.
(b) The area where Russian Jews went for recreation.
(c) The area where Russian Jews were allowed to live.
(d) The area where Russian Jews were imprisoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Italian immigrants were agricultural laborers?

2. In what area did 19th century Germans consider themselves superior to Irish?

3. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?

4. What vice did Jewish immigrants almost universally avoid?

5. What area in the United States contained the greatest number of Jews ever assembled in one place on earth?

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