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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Implications.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the occupation of the majority of Irish immigrants in the 19th century?
(a) Farming.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Unskilled labor.
(d) Glass blowing.

2. What is a "coyote"?
(a) A Mexican gang.
(b) A smuggler of illegal immigrants.
(c) An Aztec symbol.
(d) An illegal drug.

3. What is the "diaspora"?
(a) The discrimination against Jews.
(b) The gathering of the Jews to the new nation of Israel.
(c) The dispersion of the Jews throughout the world.
(d) The immigration of the Jews to the United States.

4. Why did many Japanese property owners in the U.S. put title to the land in the names of their children?
(a) They hoped for greater prosperity for their children.
(b) The children were born in the U.S. and not subject to the Alien Land Law.
(c) The children could avoid excessive taxation.
(d) They children could attract better marriage partners.

5. Who developed the term "kike" to refer to Eastern European Jews in the U.S.?
(a) German Jews.
(b) The British.
(c) Blacks.
(d) The Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nat Turner lead?

2. What advantages does northern Italy have over southern Italy, where most emigrants lived?

3. What percentage of Italian immigrants were agricultural laborers?

4. What "pushed" Mexicans to leave Mexico in the early 20th century?

5. By the end of the 19th century, who controlled 2/3 of the labor done in New York City?

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