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Which of the following institutions did Irish Catholics NOT use in their fight against discrimination and for upward social mobility? |
| | A) | political machines |
| | B) | unions |
| | C) | Catholic parochial schools |
| | D) | public schools |
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_________________ were the first non-Protestant immigrants to come to America in significant numbers. |
| | A) | Eastern Jews |
| | B) | Southern Italians |
| | C) | Polish |
| | D) | Southern Irish |
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Which of the following was NOT a factor in causing the second wave of Irish immigration, which began in the 1830s? |
| | A) | the potato famine of the 1840s |
| | B) | the long-standing British persecution of the Irish |
| | C) | the encouragement of the British government as a solution to the "Irish problem" |
| | D) | the lack of Irish national identity or loyalty to their homeland |
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Political machines were the early paths of upward mobility for: |
| | A) | Irish immigrants. |
| | B) | Jewish immigrants. |
| | C) | Polish immigrants. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about Italian Americans in politics? |
| | A) | It was not until 1950 that an Italian American was elected to the U.S. Senate. |
| | B) | In the 1940s, fewer than a dozen Italian Americans served in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| | C) | The first Italian American to be nominated for vice-president was nominated in 1984. |
| | D) | In 1950, the first Italian American was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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The Immigration Act of 1924 set a quota for Italians that was: |
| | A) | over ten times higher than the quota for the British. |
| | B) | five times higher than the quota for Germans. |
| | C) | ten times lower than for the British. |
| | D) | equal to that of the Germans. |
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The primary basis for identifying Jews as targets of discrimination is their: |
| | A) | shared sense of community. |
| | B) | high rates of attendance at synagogues. |
| | C) | distinctive facial features. |
| | D) | distinctive clothing. |
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Although the Irish were seen as being a different "race": |
| | A) | they eventually became defined as "white," which allowed them to assimilate into American society. |
| | B) | they eventually became defined as "white," but were still perceived as a threat to the Anglo-Saxon core. |
| | C) | they eventually became defined as neither black nor white. |
| | D) | they continued to occupy high positions of power when they arrived in the U.S. |
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Up to the Prohibition period, which two white ethnic groups controlled most of organized crime? |
| | A) | Irish and Italian Americans |
| | B) | Italians and Polish Americans |
| | C) | Irish and Jewish Americans |
| | D) | Italian and Jewish Americans |
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______________ was the first Irish-American candidate for President of the United States. |
| | A) | John F. Kennedy |
| | B) | Alfred E. Smith |
| | C) | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| | D) | Harry Truman |
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_____________________ are the white ethnic population with the highest percentage of repatriation back to their homeland. |
| | A) | Polish Americans |
| | B) | Irish Americans |
| | C) | Italian Americans |
| | D) | Russian Jews |
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In what two socioeconomic positions are Jewish Americans underrepresented? |
| | A) | lower and elite |
| | B) | middle and upper-middle |
| | C) | lower and middle |
| | D) | upper-middle and elite |
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The label _______________ was used by northern Irish to separate themselves from the southern Catholic Irish in order to avoid the persecution experienced by the southern Irish. |
| | A) | "Scots-Irish" |
| | B) | "Hibernian American" |
| | C) | "Papists" |
| | D) | "Protestant Northerner" |
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It was not until the ______________ that Jews gained access to higher administrative positions in the federal government. |
| | A) | 1900s |
| | B) | 1920s |
| | C) | 1930s |
| | D) | 1940s |
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Jews in America constitute approximately ________ percent of the world's Jewish population. |
| | A) | 40 |
| | B) | 15 |
| | C) | 50 |
| | D) | 60 |
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In 1990, which white ethnic group in America had the highest percentage of members in managerial and professional occupations? |
| | A) | Russians (predominantly Russian Jews) |
| | B) | French |
| | C) | English |
| | D) | Swedish |
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For which ethnic group were median earnings highest in 2006? |
| | A) | Asian Americans |
| | B) | white Americans |
| | C) | Latinos |
| | D) | African Americans |
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By the _________, Italian Americans began to make significant progress in education. |
| | A) | 1920s |
| | B) | 1870s |
| | C) | 1980s |
| | D) | 1960s |
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Jewish Americans are underrepresented today in which of the following professions or industries? |
| | A) | academia |
| | B) | the movie industry |
| | C) | the plastics industry |
| | D) | high-level positions in banking |
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| 20 | |
In the 1920s and 1930s, people like Henry Ford propagated the idea that: |
| | A) | Jews were involved in an international conspiracy to control all governments. |
| | B) | Jews are hardworking and smart. |
| | C) | Jews are lazy. |
| | D) | Jews have been discriminated against by people in high positions of power. |
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Of the ethnic populations listed below, the _______________ were the last to enter organized crime. |
| | A) | Scots |
| | B) | Irish |
| | C) | Jews |
| | D) | Italians |
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Which of the following was the largest reported ancestry in the U.S. in 2005? |
| | A) | African |
| | B) | German |
| | C) | Mexican |
| | D) | Irish |
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| 23 | |
The Immigration Act of _________ limited immigration from eastern and southern Europe. |
| | A) | 1965 |
| | B) | 1924 |
| | C) | 1917 |
| | D) | 1986 |
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For Irish immigrants, political machines were the means by which to: |
| | A) | achieve upward mobility. |
| | B) | create organized crime. |
| | C) | eliminate negative stereotypes. |
| | D) | attain political power at the national level before 1960. |
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