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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 kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?
(a) Unskilled labor.
(b) Peddling.
(c) Farming.
(d) Manufacturing.

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

3. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Irish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Mexican.
(d) British.

4. What was the "Pale"?
(a) The area where Russian Jews went for recreation.
(b) The area where Russian Jews were imprisoned.
(c) The area where Russian Jews were not allowed to live.
(d) The area where Russian Jews were allowed to live.

5. What language did German Jews speak?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Hebrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?

2. What caused repeated conflicts between the Scotch-Irish and the Celtic Irish immigrants who arrived later?

3. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?

4. Where did most American Jews originate?

5. What vice did Jewish immigrants almost universally avoid?

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