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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 advantages did early Irish immigrants have over others?
(a) They had skills for industrialization.
(b) They spoke English and many were literate.
(c) They were hard workers and used to urban life.
(d) They had business acumen and education.

2. What was a "Hessian"?
(a) German soldiers recruited to fight in the Revolutionary War.
(b) German communitarians.
(c) German pacifists.
(d) German government officials.

3. What kinds of skills did the Irish develop under an enemy government?
(a) Organizing and circumventing government.
(b) Spying.
(c) Self-improvement.
(d) Guerilla warfare.

4. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."
(a) Apply.
(b) Enter.
(c) Venture.
(d) Purchase.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?

3. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.

4. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.

5. What did German immigrants retain whether in urban or rural settings?

(see the answer key)

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