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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. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?
(a) To avoid malaria.
(b) Because arable land was in the hills.
(c) To hide from invaders.
(d) To get a better view.

2. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Italian.
(c) Irish.
(d) British.

3. What is the "ghetto crouch?"
(a) A passive response to bullying.
(b) A refusal to respond to bullying.
(c) A proactive response to bullying.
(d) A violent response to bullying.

4. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."
(a) Venture.
(b) Purchase.
(c) Enter.
(d) Apply.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?

2. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.

3. During the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century, what proportion of Eastern European Jews moved to the United States?

4. How did Europeans treat Jews as they became the only non-Christians on the continent?

5. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?

(see the answer key)

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