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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, The Puerto Ricans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area did 19th century Germans consider themselves superior to Irish?
(a) Americanization.
(b) Sports.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

2. What educational reform did Germans propose and support?
(a) Kindergartens.
(b) Preschools.
(c) Universities.
(d) Graduate schools.

3. In California, Japanese immigrants initiated what two business models?
(a) Market gardens and ornamental horticulture.
(b) Contract gardening and produce markets.
(c) Restaurants and dance academies.
(d) Language schools and bakeries.

4. What kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?
(a) Peddling.
(b) Unskilled labor.
(c) Farming.
(d) Manufacturing.

5. What advantage did European Jewish immigrants have in arriving in the United States?
(a) They were already accustomed to a rural environment.
(b) They were already skilled farmers.
(c) They already spoke English.
(d) They were already urbanized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"

2. In what field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?

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

4. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?

5. Before steamships, to what was sea travel for the immigrants directly tied?

(see the answer key)

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