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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?
(a) They were sent with money from home.
(b) They became indentured servants.
(c) They worked as apprentices.
(d) They formed credit unions among themselves.

2. What advantage did European Jewish immigrants have in arriving in the United States?
(a) They were already skilled farmers.
(b) They were already urbanized.
(c) They were already accustomed to a rural environment.
(d) They already spoke English.

3. Who developed the term "kike" to refer to Eastern European Jews in the U.S.?
(a) German Jews.
(b) The Irish.
(c) Blacks.
(d) The British.

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

5. What was the occupation of the German immigrants who landed in St. Louis and Milwaukee?
(a) Construction.
(b) Farming.
(c) Peddling.
(d) Brewing beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.

2. What is the "ghetto crouch?"

3. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?

4. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

5. Which ethnic group got along best with the Indians?

(see the answer key)

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