The Establishment of the Peasantry 1838-1900

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11th Grade
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Tameka Nicholson-Gordon
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The two most popular occupations for ex-slaves after emancipation were
Small scale agriculture and retail trading
Small scale agriculture and handicraft
retail trading and fishing
retail trading and handicraft
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Under the metayage system, employers were expected to
pay their labourers a minimum wage
receive a share of the crop produced by their tenants
sell their portion of the crop to their labourers
provide housing and wages for their tenants
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the establishment of the peasantry?
expansion of small-scale farming
mechanization of the sugar industry
introduction of immigration labour
reduction in sugar prices
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following BEST defines a West Indian peasant proprietor?
someone who works for very low wages
someone who owns and cultivates at least two acres of land
someone who works on a large farm
someone who sells ground provisions in the market
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There were more free villages in Jamaica than there were in Barbados because
in Jamaica there was more land available
in Barbados the ex-slaves did not want to leave the plantations
the Jamaican planters encouraged their ex-slaves to set up free villages
the Jamaican ex--slaves had more money to buy land than the ex-slaves in Barbados
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a means by which ex-slaves required land after emancipation?
buying old estate lands
receiving land from the British government
renting estate lands
squatting on Crown land
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following BEST explains why there were so few 'free villages' in Antigua?
There was a large supply of ex-slaves in Antigua
The Antiguan ex-slaves were not required to serve an apprenticeship period
There was very little land available in Antigua
Wages for plantation labour in Antigua were extremely high
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