Immigration and the 19th-century British Caribbean sugar industry ANSWERS
OBJECTIVE
1. Assess the measures employed to improve 19th-century British Caribbean sugar industry.
1. Which of the following groups of colonies experienced an acute labour shortage in the post-emancipation period? a) British Guiana, Trinidad, Barbados b) Antigua, Jamaica, Trinidad c) Barbados, St. Kitts, British Guiana d) Trinidad, Jamaica, British Guiana
2. The African immigration scheme ended because:
a) There were already many blacks in the British Caribbean. b) The population of Africa was declining fast. c) The Africans feared a re-introduction of slavery. d) Sugar production began on a big scale in Africa.
3. Most Madeiran immigrants went to: a) Jamaica b) British Guiana c) Trinidad d) St Kitts
4. The majority of liberated Africans in the British Caribbean were: a) Africans escaping slavery in the USA. b) Slaves captured by the British Navy ships. c) Recruits from the Kru Coast. d) Recent migrants from the Portuguese territories.
5. Which of the following groups supplied the largest number of immigrant workers for the British Caribbean in the post-emancipation period? a) Indians b) Chinese c) Africans d) Madeirans
6. Which of the following factors accounted for East Indian migration to the British Caribbean? i) Famine in India. ii) The lure of higher wages in the British Caribbean. iii) Promise of non-agricultural positions. iv) Discovery of gold in the British Caribbean.
a) ii only b) i, ii and iii only c) i, ii and iv only d) i and iii only
7. Number of East Indian immigrants to the British Caribbean by 1917
The figures above refer, respectively, to: a) Trinidad, British Guiana, Barbados. b)Trinidad, Barbados, St Vincent. c) Jamaica, Trinidad, British Guiana. d) Jamaica, St Kitts, British Guiana.
a) i and ii only b) iii and iv only c) i, ii and iv only d) i, ii, iii and iv
8. Which of the following BEST explains why planters in the British Caribbean preferred East Indian immigrants? i) The Indians proved to be hard-working. ii) The Indians were accustomed to tropical agriculture. iii) The Indians were easily recruited. iv) The Indians were willing to re-indenture.
9. The massive immigration in the Caribbean during the 19th Century by-passed Barbados because the island had: a) Possessed labour surplus. b) Abandoned sugar production. c) A high birth rate. d) Refused a government subsidy.
10. Which of the following was an effect of immigration on the sugar industry in the late 19th century? a) Helped technological improvements. b) Encouraged alternative export crops. c) Discouraged the introduction of machines. d) Encouraged the introduction of machines.
11. Which of the following reasons BEST explain why the Jamaican Government received fewer immigrants than either Trinidad or British Guiana?
a) Jamaica did not have a labour shortage. b) The Jamaican Government was reluctant to finance immigration schemes.
c) The Jamaican Government feared an increase in the non-white population.
d) The Indians were disappointed with the conditions of service.
12. In what ways did immigration benefit late 19th-century British Caribbean society? i) Agriculture was diversified. ii) The sugar industry was saved from collapsing. iii) The development of rural areas. iv) Expansion of social services.
a) i and ii only b) iii and iv only c) ii, iii and iv only d) i, ii, iii and iv
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
Next week’s topic: Measures taken to revive the British Caribbean sugar industry