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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of trouble did employers invite who mixed Italian workers from different villages?
2. By the end of the 19th century, who controlled 2/3 of the labor done in New York City?
3. What did German immigrants retain whether in urban or rural settings?
4. In what area did 19th century Germans consider themselves superior to Irish?
5. What kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was unusual about German migration patterns in the 20th century?
2. What is "amoral familism"?
3. Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?
4. How did the geography of Italy contribute to the fragmentation of its people?
5. What Jewish patterns in Europe became important to their success in America?
6. What are some influences German immigrants have had on American culture?
7. What was the effect of the Irish rebellion of 1641?
8. In what ways have American ethnic communities supplied leadership to their countries of origin?
9. What geographical advantages does northern Italy have over southern Italy?
10. What was a redemptioner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast two groups of immigrants based on factors such as persistence of the first language, fertility rates, attitudes toward education, etc.
Essay Topic 2
Recent immigrants have been shown to surpass more established immigrants of the same ethnicity in education and socioeconomic success. In your essay, give examples of this phenomenon and your opinion about its causes.
Essay Topic 3
Prices are affected by the culture of arriving immigrants. In your essay, explain, for example, how landlords in slum neighborhoods with heavy populations of newcomers charge high rents but do not receive high incomes, and how crime rates in such neighborhoods affect the cost of items in local stores.
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