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

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

3. How did German Jews regard themselves?
(a) Jewish Americans.
(b) Germans of the Hebrew faith.
(c) Hebrews from Europe.
(d) Jews from Germany.

4. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?
(a) Clothing production.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Farming.
(d) Publishing.

5. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.
(a) Highest.
(b) Lowest.
(c) Fastest-growing.
(d) Most stable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the occupation of the German immigrants who landed in St. Louis and Milwaukee?

3. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?

4. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?

5. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?

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