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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."
(a) Apply.
(b) Purchase.
(c) Venture.
(d) Enter.

2. What caused repeated conflicts between the Scotch-Irish and the Celtic Irish immigrants who arrived later?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Slavery.

3. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?
(a) Gambling restrictions.
(b) Anti-immigration law.
(c) Pro-immigration law.
(d) Prohibition.

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

5. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?
(a) Invent useful machinery.
(b) Clear frontier land and make it productive.
(c) Govern themselves and others.
(d) Develop social networks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?

2. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?

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

4. How did northern and southern Italian immigrants regard each other?

5. What does Sowell determine transient immigrants are less likely to do?

(see the answer key)

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