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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Immigrants on cargo ships could not select their______________.
(a) Itinerary.
(b) Accomodations.
(c) Destinations.
(d) Port of departure.

2. What early 20th century occupation was 90% done by Italians?
(a) Ragpicking.
(b) Mining.
(c) Bootblacking.
(d) Construction.

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

4. What did the term "ghetto" originally mean?
(a) An impoverished area of the city.
(b) A rich area of the city.
(c) A walled, gated Jewish community.
(d) A prison.

5. What was the primary loyalty of southern Italians in the 20th century?
(a) Personal morality.
(b) The church.
(c) Country.
(d) The family.

6. What distinguishes Italian emigration during the 20th century?
(a) It is the slowest exodus from a single nation.
(b) All of the emigration is to the U.S.
(c) More immigrants return to Italy than leave it.
(d) It is the largest exodus from a single nation.

7. How did northern and southern Italian immigrants regard each other?
(a) As long-lost friends.
(b) As distant relatives.
(c) As part of the family system.
(d) As separate races of people.

8. What tools have Jews traditionally used to respond to adversity?
(a) Force and violence.
(b) Resourcefulness and perserverance.
(c) Charm and gregariousness.
(d) Hatred and intimidation.

9. What percentage of Italian immigrants were agricultural laborers?
(a) 25%.
(b) 77%.
(c) 97%
(d) 50%

10. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?
(a) The Irish.
(b) The illiterate.
(c) Slaves.
(d) The Polish.

11. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Mexican-Americans.
(c) Polish Americans.
(d) Chinese Americans.

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

13. What was a "Hessian"?
(a) German government officials.
(b) German communitarians.
(c) German soldiers recruited to fight in the Revolutionary War.
(d) German pacifists.

14. Who developed the term "kike" to refer to Eastern European Jews in the U.S.?
(a) German Jews.
(b) Blacks.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The British.

15. What did German immigrants retain whether in urban or rural settings?
(a) The German language and culture.
(b) An adventurous, traveling spirit.
(c) A mistrust of the Irish.
(d) A desire to return to the homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What virtue was already ingrained in European Jews when they arrived?

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

3. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?

4. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.

5. How did Italian immigrants to the U.S. regard education?

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