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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 75%.

2. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?
(a) In the United States.
(b) In the British Isles.
(c) In Canada.
(d) In Ireland.

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

4. How did many of the Japanese regard the United States during the 19th century?
(a) As the "home of our enemies."
(b) As a "deprived nation."
(c) As an "earthly paradise."
(d) As a "hell on earth."

5. When did Italy unite under one government?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1661.
(c) 1761.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of Italian immigrants were at the bottom of their social scale?

2. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?

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

4. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?

5. What occupations did Chinese immigrants typically take in the mining camps?

(see the answer key)

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