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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Thirty.

2. How did the Japanese crime rate compare with that of other immigrant communities?
(a) Slightly higher.
(b) Slightly lower.
(c) Far lower.
(d) Far higher.

3. When did Italy unite under one government?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1661.
(d) 1961.

4. Which group was the most isolated of the early German settlers?
(a) The Mennonites.
(b) The Amish.
(c) The Mormons.
(d) The Catholics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What educational reform did Germans propose and support?

2. What percentage of immigrants from southern Italy returned home?

3. What was a "picture bride"?

4. How did northern and southern Italian immigrants regard each other?

5. With which immigrant group did the Italians have the most conflict?

(see the answer key)

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