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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What diseases plagued the Irish living in tenements?
(a) Cholera and tuberculosis.
(b) Tuberculosis and typhoid fever.
(c) Smallpox and cholera.
(d) Typhoid fever and smallpox.

2. What element is pervasive among all ethnic groups in the U.S.?
(a) Cultural isolation.
(b) Language acquisition.
(c) Economic disparity.
(d) Constant improvement.

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

4. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?
(a) French.
(b) Dutch.
(c) German.
(d) Belgian.

5. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of the 19th century, who controlled 2/3 of the labor done in New York City?

2. What did Nat Turner lead?

3. What was a Californio?

4. What is the "ghetto crouch?"

5. What was one tragic result of the U.S. government's restrictions on Chinese immigration?

(see the answer key)

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