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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?
(a) Typhoid fever and smallpox.
(b) Smallpox and cholera.
(c) Tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
(d) Cholera and tuberculosis.

2. What is the "ghetto crouch?"
(a) A refusal to respond to bullying.
(b) A proactive response to bullying.
(c) A violent response to bullying.
(d) A passive response to bullying.

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

4. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?
(a) Science.
(b) The arts.
(c) Cuisine.
(d) Politics.

5. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?
(a) All improvements belonged to the landowner.
(b) All improvements were heavily taxed.
(c) No improvements were permitted.
(d) All improvements would be reversed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.

3. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?

4. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?

5. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?

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