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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) British.
(b) Irish.
(c) Italian.
(d) Mexican.

2. What was the occupation of the majority of Irish immigrants in the 19th century?
(a) Glass blowing.
(b) Unskilled labor.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Farming.

3. What kinds of skills did the Irish develop under an enemy government?
(a) Spying.
(b) Guerilla warfare.
(c) Self-improvement.
(d) Organizing and circumventing government.

4. Before steamships, to what was sea travel for the immigrants directly tied?
(a) Piracy.
(b) Trade.
(c) Weather conditions.
(d) Occupations.

5. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.
(a) Free.
(b) Conquering.
(c) Conquered.
(d) Independent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?

2. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?

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

4. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

5. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

(see the answer key)

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