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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. _________ of the nuclear families consisted of only a husband and wife.
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-fifth.
(d) One-half.

2. Do those in the colonies have to struggle to maintain the forms of civilized existence that were present elsewhere?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Not much.
(d) A little.

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

4. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?
(a) Not very.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) A little.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tompkyns soon hire an extra clerk?

2. What is the result of this collection?

3. The information sent to where is sent directly to the Treasury in London without any editing or summarization?

4. After 1760 and the end of the war in North America, what happens to the colonies?

5. The largest occupation category is what?

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