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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. Which group of Jews in New York were more established and wealthier?
(a) Yiddish-speaking Jews.
(b) Russian Jews.
(c) Downtown Jews.
(d) Uptown Jews.

2. What industry did most German immigrants pursue?
(a) Publishing.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Farming.

3. What nationality are the Pennsylvania Dutch?
(a) German.
(b) Belgian.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

4. How did Jews who had survived persecution store their wealth?
(a) Works of art.
(b) Home furnishings.
(c) Gold and jewelry.
(d) Expensive clothes.

5. How did Europeans treat Jews as they became the only non-Christians on the continent?
(a) They were supported and helped.
(b) They were welcomed and venerated.
(c) They were quietly disliked.
(d) They were persecuted, massacred and expelled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of the majority of Irish immigrants in the 19th century?

2. How many of the emigrants from the potato famine died en route to America in 1847?

3. What was the "Pale"?

4. What important social change did Germans bring to the mainstream culture?

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

(see the answer key)

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