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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?
(a) All improvements were heavily taxed.
(b) All improvements belonged to the landowner.
(c) All improvements would be reversed.
(d) No improvements were permitted.

2. What distinguishes refugee groups of immigrants?
(a) They are commited to staying in the new country.
(b) They are preparing to return to the home country.
(c) They are usually single.
(d) They are better able to choose where they live.

3. What industry did most German immigrants pursue?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Farming.

4. What was unique among immigrant groups about Chinese population size in the U.S.?
(a) The immigrant Chinese population maintained a constant size.
(b) The Chinese population was the only immigrant group to get smaller.
(c) The immigrant Chinese population grew more rapidly.
(d) The immigrant Chinese population disappeared.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "human capital"?

2. What was the name for a middleman who bought and sold indentured servants?

3. What was a "hatchet man"?

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

5. What kind of work provided a start for most wealthy American Jewish families?

(see the answer key)

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