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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Pennsylvania Dutch regard politics and government?
(a) With distrust and disinterest.
(b) With expectations and hope.
(c) With confidence and trust.
(d) With great interest.

2. Most slaves worked in the farming of what product?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Sugar.

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

4. In California, Japanese immigrants initiated what two business models?
(a) Restaurants and dance academies.
(b) Contract gardening and produce markets.
(c) Market gardens and ornamental horticulture.
(d) Language schools and bakeries.

5. How much of the arable land in Ireland was used for growing potatoes before the famine?
(a) One-sixth.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-tenth.
(d) One-fourth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of skills did the Irish develop under an enemy government?

2. Which group represents the most dramatic example of upward mobility among immigrants?

3. On what basis were Japanese immigrants to the U.S. preselected by the Japanese government?

4. What did the Japanese government do when immigrants to Hawaii were unhappy with working conditions?

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

(see the answer key)

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