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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. How many people died of starvation or illness during the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) Five hundred thousand.
(c) Five million.
(d) One million.

2. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Irish.
(d) Japanese.

3. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?
(a) The urban Southeast.
(b) The rural North.
(c) The rural South.
(d) The urban Northeast.

4. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?
(a) Impoverished and frightened.
(b) Subjugated and impoverished.
(c) Educated and healthy.
(d) Upwardly mobile.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?

4. What educational reform did Germans propose and support?

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

(see the answer key)

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