View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop were most slaves in the U.S. producing?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Vegetables.

2. How long was the voyage to America in a sailing vessel?
(a) From three to seven weeks.
(b) From four to six months.
(c) From one to three months.
(d) From two to three weeks.

3. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.
(a) About the same.
(b) Less.
(c) No.
(d) More.

4. What was a "redemptioner"?
(a) A purchaser of indentures.
(b) An indentured servant.
(c) A German immigrant who expected relatives to pay his way.
(d) A slave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of immigrants from southern Italy returned home?

2. What was a "Hessian"?

3. How did Jews who had survived persecution store their wealth?

4. Discrimination against Irish workers was exemplified in the phrase, "No Irish need ____________."

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the average age of an ethnic group affect its socioeconomic status?

2. What is culturally and linguistically unique about the size of the United States?

3. What is "amoral familism"?

4. What was distinct about the Jewish community in Eastern Europe?

5. In what ways were slaves better off than the 19th century Irish immigrants?

6. Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

7. Why is it misleading to think of minority groups as falling below national socioeconomic averages?

8. Why did the Jews in various countries not fight back against discrimination?

9. What Jewish patterns in Europe became important to their success in America?

10. What was unusual about German migration patterns in the 20th century?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 702 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample