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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "Pale"?
(a) The area where Russian Jews were allowed to live.
(b) The area where Russian Jews were not allowed to live.
(c) The area where Russian Jews were imprisoned.
(d) The area where Russian Jews went for recreation.

2. What caused repeated conflicts between the Scotch-Irish and the Celtic Irish immigrants who arrived later?
(a) Politics.
(b) Education.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Religion.

3. What advantages did early Irish immigrants have over others?
(a) They had skills for industrialization.
(b) They spoke English and many were literate.
(c) They were hard workers and used to urban life.
(d) They had business acumen and education.

4. Before steamships, to what was sea travel for the immigrants directly tied?
(a) Piracy.
(b) Weather conditions.
(c) Occupations.
(d) Trade.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take to cross the Atlantic in a steamship?

3. What industry did most German immigrants pursue?

4. Which group was the most isolated of the early German settlers?

5. What were early German immigrants able to do more thoroughly than others?

(see the answer key)

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