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

2. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?
(a) Stricter morals and mores.
(b) Beer drinking.
(c) Respect for science.
(d) Promotion of family entertainment.

3. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Sugar.

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

5. How had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?
(a) They worked as apprentices.
(b) They formed credit unions among themselves.
(c) They became indentured servants.
(d) They were sent with money from home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?

2. What industry did most German immigrants pursue?

3. What was a "redemptioner"?

4. How many people died of starvation or illness during the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland?

5. Which ethnic group got along best with the Indians?

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