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

2. Which group of Jews in New York were more established and wealthier?
(a) Downtown Jews.
(b) Russian Jews.
(c) Uptown Jews.
(d) Yiddish-speaking Jews.

3. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?
(a) It required larger tracts of land.
(b) It required different crops.
(c) It required long work days.
(d) It required isolation.

4. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?
(a) The arts.
(b) Cuisine.
(c) Politics.
(d) Science.

5. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?
(a) Smallpox and cholera.
(b) Cholera and tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid fever and smallpox.
(d) Tuberculosis and typhoid fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?

2. What was a "Hessian"?

3. What was the primary loyalty of southern Italians in the 20th century?

4. During the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century, what proportion of Eastern European Jews moved to the United States?

5. What early 20th century occupation was 90% done by Italians?

(see the answer key)

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