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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 7 The Demand.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Families migrating together tended to go to New York, North Carolina, and _________.
(a) Virginia.
(b) Nova Scotia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Florida.

3. What is the major problem of this survey?
(a) There is no legal requirement for vessels carrying emigrants to register with customs.
(b) Most people cannot write to fill out the paperwork.
(c) Information is given by word of mouth.
(d) There are many stowaways.

4. During this time, there was also an array of lobbyists working for land speculators and western trading interests, led by whom?
(a) Benjamin Moore.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Building craftsman and clothing makers were in high demand where?

3. The average ages for immigrants to the colonies range from a low of ________________ to a high of 40.5 for Canada.

4. In New York and North Carolina, over eighty-five percent of migrants were Scots and were more likely to be __________.

5. The English migrants most often went to Pennsylvania, Maryland and ________.

(see the answer key)

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