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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 was a "redemptioner"?
(a) A slave.
(b) A purchaser of indentures.
(c) An indentured servant.
(d) A German immigrant who expected relatives to pay his way.

2. What did the term "ghetto" originally mean?
(a) An impoverished area of the city.
(b) A walled, gated Jewish community.
(c) A prison.
(d) A rich area of the city.

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

4. Which group was the most isolated of the early German settlers?
(a) The Amish.
(b) The Mennonites.
(c) The Mormons.
(d) The Catholics.

5. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?
(a) From four to six months.
(b) From two to three weeks.
(c) From three to seven weeks.
(d) From one to three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jews who had survived persecution store their wealth?

2. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?

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

4. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

5. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?

(see the answer key)

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