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

2. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?
(a) It required different crops.
(b) It required larger tracts of land.
(c) It required isolation.
(d) It required long work days.

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

4. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?
(a) Science.
(b) The arts.
(c) Cuisine.
(d) Politics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

2. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?

3. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?

4. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.

5. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?

(see the answer key)

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