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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 did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?
(a) All improvements belonged to the landowner.
(b) All improvements would be reversed.
(c) No improvements were permitted.
(d) All improvements were heavily taxed.

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

3. What percentage of the population is the largest single ethnic group?
(a) 52%.
(b) 47%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 75%.

4. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?
(a) In the British Isles.
(b) In Canada.
(c) In the United States.
(d) In Ireland.

5. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Forty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifty-five.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

2. With acculturation, IQ rates tend to:

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

4. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.

5. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

(see the answer key)

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