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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. The highest fertility rates are found in groups with the ________________ incomes.
(a) Most stable.
(b) Fastest-growing.
(c) Highest.
(d) Lowest.

2. The "penal laws" imposed by the British on the Irish were intended to keep the Irish in what situation?
(a) Subjugated and impoverished.
(b) Educated and healthy.
(c) Upwardly mobile.
(d) Impoverished and frightened.

3. What Irish product undermined the welfare of Irish people?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Sabotage.
(d) Whiskey.

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

5. What was the occupation of the German immigrants who landed in St. Louis and Milwaukee?
(a) Peddling.
(b) Brewing beer.
(c) Farming.
(d) Construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "ghetto crouch?"

2. Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rates?

3. What industry occupied nearly half of Russian Jews prior to their emigration to the U.S.?

4. In what area did 19th century Irish consider themselves superior to Germans?

5. Which group formed the largest migration to America in the 19th century?

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