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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, The Germans.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?
(a) Ten weeks.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten months.

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

4. How did German Jews regard themselves?
(a) Jewish Americans.
(b) Hebrews from Europe.
(c) Jews from Germany.
(d) Germans of the Hebrew faith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of skills did the Irish develop under an enemy government?

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

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

4. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?

5. How many years did a German indentured servant typically have to work to pay off his transportation to America?

(see the answer key)

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