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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. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Cotton.

2. How much of the arable land in Ireland was used for growing potatoes before the famine?
(a) One-tenth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-sixth.
(d) One-half.

3. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Two months.

4. In what area did 19th century Irish consider themselves superior to Germans?
(a) Education.
(b) Sports.
(c) Americanization.
(d) Religion.

5. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?
(a) It required different crops.
(b) It required isolation.
(c) It required long work days.
(d) It required larger tracts of land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did German Jews regard themselves?

2. During the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century, what proportion of Eastern European Jews moved to the United States?

3. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

4. What was a "Hessian"?

5. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.

(see the answer key)

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