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

2. Heightened, more militant group consciousness typically appears in which generation?
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

3. Where did the majority of Celtic Irish congregate?
(a) The rural South.
(b) The urban Southeast.
(c) The rural North.
(d) The urban Northeast.

4. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?
(a) A low return on Chinese investment.
(b) A high rate of Chinese returning to China.
(c) A high rate of suicide among Chinese men.
(d) A low Chinese birth rate.

5. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Six Companies?

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

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

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

5. How did Jews who had survived persecution store their wealth?

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