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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. Many Japanese immigrants were successful entrepreneurs because of their ability to _________________.
(a) Foreseen trends.
(b) Share profits.
(c) Calculate costs.
(d) Accept risk.

2. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?
(a) The rural South.
(b) The urban Southeast.
(c) The rural North.
(d) The urban Northeast.

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

4. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?
(a) Slave driver.
(b) Coyote.
(c) Simon Legree.
(d) Soul driver.

5. How many of the emigrants from the potato famine died en route to America in 1847?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) Fifty percent.
(c) Five percent.
(d) Twenty percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the first free persons of colors?

2. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?

3. What did Chinatowns become in the 20th century?

4. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

5. The longer the journey by ship took, the _______________ the people became.

(see the answer key)

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