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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 did German Jews regard themselves?
(a) Jews from Germany.
(b) Germans of the Hebrew faith.
(c) Jewish Americans.
(d) Hebrews from Europe.

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

3. What does the typical Chinese immigrant in the U.S. do more than others?
(a) Intermarry outside their ethnic group.
(b) Send money home.
(c) Work and study.
(d) Return to their homeland.

4. What area in the United States contained the greatest number of Jews ever assembled in one place on earth?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan.

5. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?
(a) Simon Legree.
(b) Slave driver.
(c) Soul driver.
(d) Coyote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?

2. Which group of Jews in New York were more established and wealthier?

3. What did Chinatowns become in the 20th century?

4. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?

5. What industry did most German immigrants pursue?

(see the answer key)

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