Chapter 12

Quiz for Chapter Twelve Thinking Like a Historian: The Irish in America

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Question 1

According to the letter of Margaret McCarthy (source 3), what should Irish immigrants to America do to better their chances of employment and success?A. Arrive with enough money to move westward
B. Focus on getting an education
C. Remain in the eastern urban centers
D. Settle in the southern states

Question 2

Taken together, sources 5 and 7 (Garrison’s letter and the Know-Nothing pamphlet) would suggest which of the following about attitudes toward Irish immigrants’ political participation?A. Irish immigrants could be incorporated into the political party system.
B. Irish immigrants were too ignorant to be allowed to vote.
C. Irish voters would be more loyal to the Catholic Church and the priesthood than to the republic.
D. The Irish were more interested in wealth than in republican virtues.

Question 3

In source 8, the Irish school commissioner’s attack on Bible reading in the schools was shown to be an attack onA. American Protestant values.
B. Christian educational practices.
C. freedom of the press.
D. freedom of religion.

Question 4

Irish people are physically represented in the Harper’s Weekly cartoon (source 8) asA. aristocratic and sophisticated.
B. dark and apelike.
C. poor and dirty.
D. weak and passive.