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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 9 Recruitment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do similar situations exist in other industries in this city?
(a) Yes, but only in a small amount of industries.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Yes, but not until later in the century.

2. The emigrants listed in the Register sailed to America in how many different vessels?
(a) 202.
(b) 302.
(c) 402.
(d) 102.

3. The managers often fleeced applicants and sometimes did what to poor women?
(a) Stole from them.
(b) Ignored them.
(c) Trapped them in prostitution.
(d) Fired them.

4. What has long existed in the silk industry?
(a) Labor unrest.
(b) The same weaving techniques.
(c) Happy employees.
(d) Many jobs.

5. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?
(a) To prevent border violence and gradually introduce civil government in these areas.
(b) To prevent the colonies from becoming tired of British rule.
(c) To prevent the Americas from becoming too powerful.
(d) To give Great Britain more power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is child labor popular in the silk industry at this time?

2. What are unscrupulous recruiters called?

3. Do British officials pay much attention at first to the settlement of western lands in America or to emigration from Britain to the colonies?

4. What does Bailyn say about what these patterns show about the migration from Britain to America?

5. By 1765, it was evident that one result of the employment problems in the silk industry would be what?

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