When you ask about Italian Americans most people think about mobs. This is a stereotype that is far from truth. Nearly half of Italian immigrants would eventually return to Italy, but today's Italian-American community is descended from those who decided to remain in America. We got learn a lot about Italian Americans in chapter 10 of history class. Take the See morequiz and see how much you recall about them.
Work
Family
Money
Religion
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
WWII
Mafia activity
Sacco and Vanzetti case
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Rural areas
The industrial cities of the midwest
The deep south
The port cities of the east
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1860s and 1870s
1980s and 1990s
1910s and 1920s
1950s and 1960s
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Hostile
Welcoming
Very different from that greeting other European immigrants
Indifferent
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Germans
Italians
Irish
French
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Faded away
Persisted
Was replaced by English
Became useless
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Lack of skills
Willingness to do menial work
Need for laborers by dominant group
Religious mandates
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1
20
10
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Joining family members who had previously migrated
Escaping the population explosion in Europe
Seeing the move as only temporarily and planning to return home
Religious persecution
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Massive intermarriage
Pluralism in employment
Forming "little italys'
Separate Catholic communities
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Lead to religious equality in the US
Had identical histories
Shared the same practices
None of the above
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Italian radio
Italian newspapers
Local newspapers
Telegrams from family members
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Are well educated about their background
Are among the most ethnically aware of all immigrant groups
Are confused about their background
Are indifferent about their background
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1/10
1/2
1/5
2/3
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Italians face less systematic prejudice
Italians experience more marriages to non-Italians
Marital assimilation is relatively low
The patterns of increasing inter-cultural marriages are clear
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Stranieri
Dagos
Contandini
Mezzogiorno
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Anglitalian
Italian Dialect American
Itaglish
Sicillian English
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Assimilated
Transparent non-identity
Old-world identified
Marginal
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Were hired for only the most menial jobs
Were seen as expendable
Were paid less African or Irish Americans
All of the above
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