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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the average life expectancy of an Irish immigrant in the 19th century?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifty-five.

3. What percentage of arrests in New York City during the 1850s were made of drunk and disorderly Irishmen?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Twenty percent.
(c) Ten percent.
(d) Fifty percent.

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

5. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?
(a) An anti-immigrant political party.
(b) A rude name for immigrants.
(c) A pro-immigrant political party.
(d) Immigrants who refused to participate in elections.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of the German immigrants who landed in St. Louis and Milwaukee?

2. How did the system of tenant farming undermine Irish initiative?

3. Where do most people of Irish ancestry live?

4. What is the most affluent ethnic group in the U.S.?

5. The longer the journey by ship took, the _______________ the people became.

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