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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 5 Identities and Motivations: The Dual Emigration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. English women emigrants were almost always engaged in what sort of work?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Textile work.

2. The ages of the emigrants tended to concentrate around what ages?
(a) 30-34.
(b) 20-24.
(c) 10-15.
(d) 25-30.

3. What does the Earl of Hillsborough grasp?
(a) The importance of the colonies.
(b) The weaknesses found in the colonies.
(c) The implications of the westward expansion and emigration.
(d) The positive effects expansion has on Great Britain.

4. What does John Powell, an undersecretary of state for the colonies, suggest?
(a) A statistical assessment of those who do not emigrate.
(b) Emigration be halted.
(c) A statistical assessment of emigration be done to see how Britain was affected.
(d) Emigration be difficult and expensive.

5. In the months that followed, how many emigrants do customs officials interview?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the information handled at these sites?

2. Of the 6,190 emigrants whose occupation is listed, only _____________ listed occupations that were considered "gentle."

3. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?

4. After registering, were vessels free to pick up passengers without registering them?

5. The reports from the customs officials show 9,868 individuals leaving for North America from December, 1773 to March, 1776. Why must this number must be adjusted?

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