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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. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?
(a) Govern themselves and others.
(b) Invent useful machinery.
(c) Clear frontier land and make it productive.
(d) Develop social networks.

2. Which group of Jews in New York were more established and wealthier?
(a) Downtown Jews.
(b) Yiddish-speaking Jews.
(c) Russian Jews.
(d) Uptown Jews.

3. Which Western country imported the most slaves?
(a) The United States.
(b) Canada.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Jamaica.

4. How did Italian immigrants to the U.S. regard education?
(a) With hope.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With gratitude.
(d) With confusion.

5. What was a "picture bride"?
(a) A bride from the U.S. accepted on the basis of a photograph.
(b) A bride who spoke no English.
(c) A perfectly beautiful bride.
(d) A bride from Japan accepted on the basis of a photograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group was the most isolated of the early German settlers?

2. What was the "Pale"?

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

4. What vices were commonly available in Chinatown?

5. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted to be accepted as a U.S. state?

(see the answer key)

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