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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 6 Arrivals and Destinations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of this collection?
(a) It illuminates what life is like after emigration.
(b) It explains what is faulty about Great Britain.
(c) It illuminates the essential characteristics of the emigration.
(d) It gives some basic information about those who emigrate.

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

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

4. Migrants to Nova Scotia tended to be similar to those going to New York and North Carolina while those migrating to the West Indies tended to be similar to those migrating to which colonies?
(a) The northern colonies.
(b) The southern colonies.
(c) The central colonies.
(d) The island colonies.

5. Bailyn turns his attention to where the emigrants migrated to in North America. How does he argue that they travel to all the colonies?
(a) They travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(b) They do not travel to all the colonies in equal amounts.
(c) They all take the same few boats.
(d) They often purchase their own vessels for the journey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. These characteristics are shared with other societies, but is America's way of life unique?

3. This raw data that is collected by English and Scottish port officials is sent where?

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

5. The largest occupation category is what?

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