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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 vice did Jewish immigrants almost universally avoid?
(a) Organized crime.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Gambling.

2. How many people died of starvation or illness during the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland?
(a) Five hundred thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) Five million.
(d) Two hundred thousand.

3. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?
(a) A high rate of Chinese returning to China.
(b) A low Chinese birth rate.
(c) A high rate of suicide among Chinese men.
(d) A low return on Chinese investment.

4. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?
(a) From three to seven weeks.
(b) From four to six months.
(c) From one to three months.
(d) From two to three weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a "picture bride"?

2. What was the Bracero Program of 1942?

3. What does Sowell determine transient immigrants are less likely to do?

4. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?

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

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