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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 was the occupation of the German immigrants who landed in St. Louis and Milwaukee?
(a) Brewing beer.
(b) Farming.
(c) Peddling.
(d) Construction.

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

3. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."
(a) Venture.
(b) Enter.
(c) Purchase.
(d) Apply.

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

5. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?
(a) The rural North.
(b) The urban Northeast.
(c) The rural South.
(d) The urban Southeast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

2. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?

3. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?

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

5. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?

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