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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. What was a "Hessian"?
(a) German communitarians.
(b) German pacifists.
(c) German soldiers recruited to fight in the Revolutionary War.
(d) German government officials.

2. What caused repeated conflicts between the Scotch-Irish and the Celtic Irish immigrants who arrived later?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Education.
(d) Slavery.

3. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

4. How did the Pennsylvania Dutch regard politics and government?
(a) With expectations and hope.
(b) With distrust and disinterest.
(c) With confidence and trust.
(d) With great interest.

5. In what area did Italian immigrants find success in California?
(a) Glass blowing.
(b) Wine growing.
(c) Fruit selling.
(d) Garment manufacture.

Short Answer Questions

1. The longer the journey by ship took, the _______________ the people became.

2. Most slaves worked in the farming of what product?

3. Who did Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate in 1952?

4. What was the Six Companies?

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

(see the answer key)

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