A)    Epidemics and disease devastated the Quebec countryside.
B)    Quebec's agricultural sector could no longer absorb the entire workforce and its industrial sector
        was insufficiently developed.
C)    The development of the steel industry in the American West attracted a considerable amount of
        skilled workers.
D)    A good portion of the Quebec population dreamed of becoming American citizens and took part in
        the colonization of the American West.
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

2. WHAT DID THE GOVERNMENT OF QUEBEC DO IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE
     EMIGRATION OF FRENCH CANADIANS TO THE UNITED STATES ?

A)    It promoted settlement and the development of farmland in the new regions of Quebec.
B)    It encouraged the French Canadians to establish businesses.
C)    It restricted the settlement of immigrants in Quebec.
D)    It subsidized the settlement of French Canadians in the Canadian West.
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

3.WHICH FACTOR BELOW WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMIGRATION OF FRENCH
   CANADIANS TO THE UNITED STATES ?

A)    All American workers were unionized.
B)    Epidemics raged in rural areas of Quebec and forced the population to flee.
C)    The seigneurial lands were overpopulated and there was work in the textile mills of New England.
D)    French Canadians were attracted by the idea of becoming American citizens.
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

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