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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The most affluent groups have experienced ________________ discrimination.

3. With acculturation, IQ rates tend to:

4. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?

5. How many of the emigrants from the potato famine died en route to America in 1847?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has alcoholism traditionally been lower among Italians than Irish?

2. What trade did Jews traditionally practice during the Diaspora?

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

4. What is "amoral familism"?

5. How did the geography of Italy contribute to the fragmentation of its people?

6. How had the Jews historically been treated in Europe?

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

8. What was the effect on Ireland of the international potato blight of 1845?

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

10. What was an indentured servant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prices are affected by the culture of arriving immigrants. In your essay, explain, for example, how landlords in slum neighborhoods with heavy populations of newcomers charge high rents but do not receive high incomes, and how crime rates in such neighborhoods affect the cost of items in local stores.

Essay Topic 2

Sowell contends that looking for causes and effects in history is very different than looking for justification or condemnation. In your essay, examine the differences between the two approaches to the same data.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, compare and contrast the life of a sojourner with that of an immigrant who comes to the new country intending to stay. Compare such factors as language acquisition, desire for citizenship, spending, and education.

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