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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 many years did a German indentured servant typically have to work to pay off his transportation to America?
(a) Eight to ten.
(b) Two to five.
(c) Three to seven.
(d) One to two.

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

3. How were Japanese immigrants treated initially?
(a) They were tolerated.
(b) They were hated.
(c) They were rejected.
(d) They were welcomed.

4. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?
(a) Tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
(b) Typhoid fever and smallpox.
(c) Smallpox and cholera.
(d) Cholera and tuberculosis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?

2. At the turn of the century, what was the population density of the lower East Side in New York?

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

4. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?

5. How did the Japanese crime rate compare with that of other immigrant communities?

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