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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) Enter.
(b) Purchase.
(c) Apply.
(d) Venture.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.

2. How many of the emigrants from the potato famine died en route to America in 1847?

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

4. What percentage of the population is the largest single ethnic group?

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

(see the answer key)

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