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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Implications.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do few children of rising ethnic groups have role models of their own ethnicity?
(a) They move around too often.
(b) Their teachers are from groups that are already successful.
(c) There are none.
(d) They don't cluster in the same neighborhoods.

2. What segment of the U.S. population has traditionally pushed for open access for Mexican laborers?
(a) Hospital employees.
(b) Agricultural employers.
(c) The police.
(d) Welfare workers.

3. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?
(a) A rude name for immigrants.
(b) Immigrants who refused to participate in elections.
(c) An anti-immigrant political party.
(d) A pro-immigrant political party.

4. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?
(a) The children were born in the U.S. and not subject to the Alien Land Law.
(b) The children could avoid excessive taxation.
(c) They hoped for greater prosperity for their children.
(d) They children could attract better marriage partners.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the population is the largest single ethnic group?

2. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?

3. Where was the first Puerto Rican community in New York?

4. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?

5. In their own land, the Irish were a _________________ people.

(see the answer key)

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