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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 is the "diaspora"?
(a) The gathering of the Jews to the new nation of Israel.
(b) The dispersion of the Jews throughout the world.
(c) The discrimination against Jews.
(d) The immigration of the Jews to the United States.

2. During the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century, what proportion of Eastern European Jews moved to the United States?
(a) One-tenth.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-eighth.
(d) One-fifth.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group formed the largest migration to America in the 19th century?

2. With acculturation, IQ rates tend to:

3. How had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?

4. What was a "redemptioner"?

5. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

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