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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 field did the Irish immigrants to America achieve their first successes?
(a) Politics.
(b) Science.
(c) Cuisine.
(d) The arts.

2. What kind of governmental structure did most Puerto Ricans vote to continue?
(a) Statehood.
(b) Status as a territory.
(c) Commonwealth status.
(d) Independent nationhood.

3. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Irish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Japanese.

4. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?
(a) Rail.
(b) Air.
(c) Sailing ships.
(d) Steamships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?

2. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?

3. Among all ethnic groups in the U.S., Puerto Ricans in 1930 had the highest rate of what factor?

4. What was a "Hessian"?

5. Chapter VIII states that the cruelest slave masters were of what nationality?

(see the answer key)

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