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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, The Japanese.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did German Jews regard themselves?
(a) Hebrews from Europe.
(b) Jews from Germany.
(c) Germans of the Hebrew faith.
(d) Jewish Americans.

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

3. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Interest.
(c) Honor.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?
(a) Farming.
(b) Publishing.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Clothing production.

5. How were Japanese immigrants treated initially?
(a) They were hated.
(b) They were rejected.
(c) They were tolerated.
(d) They were welcomed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?

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

3. How did the Pennsylvania Dutch regard politics and government?

4. With which immigrant group did the Italians have the most conflict?

5. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?

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