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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 had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?
(a) They were sent with money from home.
(b) They became indentured servants.
(c) They formed credit unions among themselves.
(d) They worked as apprentices.

2. Which religion forbade the owning of slaves and produced many abolitionists?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Quaker.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Catholic.

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

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

5. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?
(a) Prohibition.
(b) Pro-immigration law.
(c) Anti-immigration law.
(d) Gambling restrictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?

2. What area in the United States contained the greatest number of Jews ever assembled in one place on earth?

3. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?

4. What advantages does northern Italy have over southern Italy, where most emigrants lived?

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

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