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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. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.
(a) Lowest.
(b) Highest.
(c) Most stable.
(d) Fastest-growing.

2. How much of the arable land in Ireland was used for growing potatoes before the famine?
(a) One-sixth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-tenth.
(d) One-half.

3. What caused repeated conflicts between the Scotch-Irish and the Celtic Irish immigrants who arrived later?
(a) Education.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

4. How had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?
(a) They worked as apprentices.
(b) They formed credit unions among themselves.
(c) They became indentured servants.
(d) They were sent with money from home.

5. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?
(a) An anti-immigrant political party.
(b) A rude name for immigrants.
(c) A pro-immigrant political party.
(d) Immigrants who refused to participate in elections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.

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

3. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?

4. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

5. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

(see the answer key)

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