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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "wetback"?
(a) A mariachi musician.
(b) An illegal Mexican immigrant.
(c) A strong swimmer.
(d) An agricultural worker who perspires freely.

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

3. How many of the emigrants from the potato famine died en route to America in 1847?
(a) Twenty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

4. How many languages were and are spoken in Africa?
(a) More than 800.
(b) Over 1,000.
(c) Fewer than 500.
(d) Around 200.

5. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?
(a) Trade.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Farming.
(d) Industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?

2. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?

3. What was the occupation of the majority of Irish immigrants in the 19th century?

4. Who developed the term "kike" to refer to Eastern European Jews in the U.S.?

5. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?

(see the answer key)

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