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

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

3. What is the age that individuals could legally bind themselves as indentured servants?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

4. A much smaller percentage was going where?
(a) To Mexico and the West Indies.
(b) To Canada and the West Indies.
(c) To North Carolina and New York.
(d) To Canada and Nova Scotia.

5. In the pre-Revolutionary years, many people emigrated from where?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) The European continent.
(d) The British mainland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bailyn compares the Register's totals to notices of ships' arrivals in North America and finds what?

2. What is the major problem of this survey?

3. What is the result of this collection?

4. Why does this proclamation aim to slow expansion?

5. Most of these vessels listed were probably engaged in commercial voyages and carried passengers for what reason?

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