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

2. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?
(a) Slaves.
(b) The illiterate.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The Polish.

3. With acculturation, IQ rates tend to:
(a) Remain constant.
(b) Fall.
(c) Rise.
(d) Become insignificant.

4. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Potatoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."

2. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.

3. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

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

5. What advantages did early Irish immigrants have over others?

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