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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 educational reform did Germans propose and support?
(a) Preschools.
(b) Kindergartens.
(c) Universities.
(d) Graduate schools.

2. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Chinese Americans.
(c) Mexican-Americans.
(d) Polish Americans.

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

4. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?
(a) A rude name for immigrants.
(b) An anti-immigrant political party.
(c) Immigrants who refused to participate in elections.
(d) A pro-immigrant political party.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which group was the most isolated of the early German settlers?

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

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

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