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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. What system did Italian immigrants use to finance business ventures?

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

3. What does Sowell determine transient immigrants are less likely to do?

4. How did Europeans treat Jews as they became the only non-Christians on the continent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

4. What was an indentured servant?

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

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

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

8. What advantages did Irish have over other immigrants?

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

10. What geographical advantages does northern Italy have over southern Italy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Patterns emerge among all ethnic groups that show differences between the first generation of immigrants and the second and third generations. In your essay, select one or two ethnic groups to examine and compare generational differences.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Migration does not bring a random cross section of the population of the native country. In your essay, examine which members of a population are most likely to emigrate. Consider, for example, Japanese emigrants who were pre-screened by their government before they were permitted to leave. What factors were considered? What factors are most likely to promote success in a new environment?

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