Poor and Working-Class English People Generally Hoped That Emigrating to America

question 118

Multiple Choice

Poor and working-class English people generally hoped that emigrating to America would provide

• A) the opportunity to rely entirely on their employer.
• B) ways to escape their lives as masterless men.
• C) a place where they could once again be peasants on a feudal manor.
• D) opportunities to become independent landowners.
• E) a place to practice their Catholic faith without harassment.

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Definitions:

Sexual Feelings

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Self-Serving Bias

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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