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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?
(a) Respect for science.
(b) Beer drinking.
(c) Promotion of family entertainment.
(d) Stricter morals and mores.

3. In what area did 19th century Irish consider themselves superior to Germans?
(a) Education.
(b) Sports.
(c) Americanization.
(d) Religion.

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

5. When did Italy unite under one government?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1661.
(d) 1961.

6. In what area did Italian immigrants find success in California?
(a) Glass blowing.
(b) Fruit selling.
(c) Wine growing.
(d) Garment manufacture.

7. What law helped establish the southern Italian crime syndicates?
(a) Anti-immigration law.
(b) Pro-immigration law.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) Gambling restrictions.

8. Which ethnic group got along best with the Indians?
(a) Celtic Irish.
(b) British.
(c) Scotch-Irish.
(d) Germans.

9. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Fifty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Eighteen.

10. What educational reform did Germans propose and support?
(a) Preschools.
(b) Graduate schools.
(c) Universities.
(d) Kindergartens.

11. How had most of the Scotch-Irish financed their immigration?
(a) They were sent with money from home.
(b) They formed credit unions among themselves.
(c) They worked as apprentices.
(d) They became indentured servants.

12. What vice did Jewish immigrants almost universally avoid?
(a) Pornography.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Organized crime.
(d) Gambling.

13. How did the Pennsylvania Dutch regard politics and government?
(a) With distrust and disinterest.
(b) With confidence and trust.
(c) With great interest.
(d) With expectations and hope.

14. The longer the journey by ship took, the _______________ the people became.
(a) Stronger.
(b) More excited.
(c) Weaker.
(d) More determined.

15. How did Jews who had survived persecution store their wealth?
(a) Works of art.
(b) Gold and jewelry.
(c) Expensive clothes.
(d) Home furnishings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did farmers in southern Italy live on hillsides?

2. In what area did 19th century Germans consider themselves superior to Irish?

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

4. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?

5. Why was American farming foreign to the Irish immigrants?

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