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

2. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Interest.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Loyalty.

3. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?
(a) Upwardly mobile.
(b) Subjugated and impoverished.
(c) Educated and healthy.
(d) Impoverished and frightened.

4. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Italian.
(c) British.
(d) Irish.

5. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?
(a) The children were born in the U.S. and not subject to the Alien Land Law.
(b) They hoped for greater prosperity for their children.
(c) They children could attract better marriage partners.
(d) The children could avoid excessive taxation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.

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

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

4. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."

5. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?

(see the answer key)

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