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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, The Puerto Ricans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a "Hessian"?
(a) German soldiers recruited to fight in the Revolutionary War.
(b) German pacifists.
(c) German government officials.
(d) German communitarians.

2. What drug was introduced in the U.S. by Chinese immigrants?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Cocaine.

3. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?
(a) Invent useful machinery.
(b) Develop social networks.
(c) Govern themselves and others.
(d) Clear frontier land and make it productive.

4. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?
(a) Education.
(b) Fertility rates.
(c) Income.
(d) Political participation.

5. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?
(a) Beer drinking.
(b) Respect for science.
(c) Promotion of family entertainment.
(d) Stricter morals and mores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

2. Among all ethnic groups in the U.S., Puerto Ricans in 1930 had the highest rate of what factor?

3. In New York, what percentage of Chinese residents accepted federal aid during the Great Depression?

4. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?

5. How did Chinese immigrants cope with discrimination?

(see the answer key)

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