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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. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.
(a) No.
(b) More.
(c) About the same.
(d) Less.

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

3. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?
(a) Belgian.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Dutch.

4. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Irish.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Japanese.

5. What did the term "ghetto" originally mean?
(a) A rich area of the city.
(b) An impoverished area of the city.
(c) A walled, gated Jewish community.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.

3. What did German immigrants retain whether in urban or rural settings?

4. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

5. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?

(see the answer key)

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