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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. How did northern and southern Italian immigrants regard each other?
(a) As part of the family system.
(b) As distant relatives.
(c) As long-lost friends.
(d) As separate races of people.

2. What was unique among immigrant groups about Chinese population size in the U.S.?
(a) The immigrant Chinese population grew more rapidly.
(b) The immigrant Chinese population maintained a constant size.
(c) The Chinese population was the only immigrant group to get smaller.
(d) The immigrant Chinese population disappeared.

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

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

5. Most slaves worked in the farming of what product?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

2. By the end of the 19th century, who controlled 2/3 of the labor done in New York City?

3. Who developed the term "kike" to refer to Eastern European Jews in the U.S.?

4. Blacks are the only ethnic group that came to the U.S. under what condition?

5. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?

(see the answer key)

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