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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. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Ten weeks.

2. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?
(a) To get a better view.
(b) Because arable land was in the hills.
(c) To avoid malaria.
(d) To hide from invaders.

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

4. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?
(a) Subjugated and impoverished.
(b) Upwardly mobile.
(c) Impoverished and frightened.
(d) Educated and healthy.

5. How many people died of starvation or illness during the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland?
(a) One million.
(b) Two hundred thousand.
(c) Five million.
(d) Five hundred thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?

2. What language did German Jews speak?

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

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

5. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?

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