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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. In New York, what percentage of Chinese residents accepted federal aid during the Great Depression?
(a) 10%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%.

2. What advantages did early Irish immigrants have over others?
(a) They spoke English and many were literate.
(b) They had business acumen and education.
(c) They had skills for industrialization.
(d) They were hard workers and used to urban life.

3. What is the "diaspora"?
(a) The discrimination against Jews.
(b) The gathering of the Jews to the new nation of Israel.
(c) The immigration of the Jews to the United States.
(d) The dispersion of the Jews throughout the world.

4. What area in the United States contained the greatest number of Jews ever assembled in one place on earth?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Boston.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What was the occupation of the majority of Irish immigrants in the 19th century?
(a) Unskilled labor.
(b) Farming.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Glass blowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area did 19th century Germans consider themselves superior to Irish?

2. What advantage did European Jewish immigrants have in arriving in the United States?

3. What virtue was already ingrained in European Jews when they arrived?

4. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.

5. Where did the Alien Land Law prohibit Japanese immigrants from buying land?

(see the answer key)

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