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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. Before steamships, to what was sea travel for the immigrants directly tied?
(a) Weather conditions.
(b) Piracy.
(c) Occupations.
(d) Trade.

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

3. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.
(a) Itinerary.
(b) Accomodations.
(c) Port of departure.
(d) Destinations.

4. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) Twenty percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?

2. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?

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

4. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?

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

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