History Questions Pt. 4

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Which of the following BEST describes the anti-slavery society? a. A group of religious fanatics b. A small democratic group c. A very active pressure group d. A very disorganized society

A very active pressure group

The Amelioration proposals failed because of i. The attitude of the British Government ii. The unwillingness of planters to implement the proposals iii. The objections of the West India Interest iv. The partial objection of the abolitionists A) ii and iii B) i, ii and iv C) i, ii and iii D) All of the above

A) ii and iii

Enslaved artisans were: a. Carpenters, masons, coopers b. Bookkeepers, attorneys, slave drivers c. Maids, cooks, valets d. Coachmen, head boilers, field labourers

Carpenters, masons, coopers

Which of the following slave revolts was widely publicized by the abolitionists to gain support for the abolition of slavery? a. Haitian revolution b. Bussa's Revolt c. Tacky's Revolt d. Christmas Rebellion

Christmas Rebellion

The 'Saints' were also known as the a. Clapham Sect b. Clapham Union c. The Quakers d. The Baptists

Clapham Sect

Which one of the following was NOT a provision of the British Emancipation Act? a. Compensation to planters for the loss of their slaves b. Complete freedom for female slaves under 16 years of age c. Complete freedom for slaves under six years of age d. The establishment of the Apprenticeship system

Complete freedom for female slaves under 16 years of age

What was the busiest time of the year on a West Indian sugar plantation? a. Planting season b. Crop season c. Weeding season d. The season of maintenance work

Crop season

Which of the following was a notable maroon chief? a. Cudjoe b. Sir Henry Morgan c. D'Esnambuc d. Captain Beard

Cudjoe

Which of the following was the Maroon signatory to the treaty mentioned in question #14 above? a. Captain Teach b. Captain Quao c. Long John Silver d. Cudjoe

Cudjoe

The industrialists supported abolition because i. They needed cheaper raw materials ii. They wanted to find new markets iii. They wanted new consumers iv. They supported free trade A) i and ii B) i, ii and iii C) ii and iii D) All of the above

D) All of the above

Which of the following did the Amelioration measures of 1823 propose? i. no slave woman should be flogged ii. slave families should not be divided iii. slaves should not be sold in payment of debt iv. savings schemes for slaves should be set up A) i and iv B) ii and iii C) i, ii and iv D) i, ii, iii and iv

D) i, ii, iii and iv

What were the objectives behind the period of apprenticeship? i. to prevent a large-scale move of negroes from the estates ii. to help slaves to become skilled workers iii. to avert wide-scale disorders on the estates iv. to facilitate the transition from slavery to freedom A) ii B) ii and iv C) All the above D) i, iii and iv

D) i, iii and iv

Which of the following forms of resistance was LEAST peculiar to female enslaved Africans? a. Prolonging illness b. Prolonging the weaning of babies c. Feigning ignorance d. Deliberately destroying tools

Deliberately destroying tools

Which of the following proclaimed the first independent Caribbean territory and renamed it? a. Le Clerc b. Napoleon Bonaparte c. Dessalines d. Duvalier

Dessalines

The abolitionists saw the amelioration proposals as a way to a. Improve the conditions of slaves in the British Caribbean b. Bring about an immediate end to slavery in the British Caribbean c. Allow British Caribbean slaves to get skills they could use after emancipation d. Ensure that slaves in the British Caribbean were registered

Improve the conditions of slaves in the British Caribbean

Which of the following can be considered the MAJOR achievement of St. Domingue by 1804? a. Independence from France b. Reorganization of the sugar estates c. Renewed importation of blacks to the island d. Establishment of Catholicism as the state religion

Independence from France

Select the type of mill which was NOT used on the sugar estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. a. Steam-driven mills b. Water-driven mills c. Animal-driven mills d. Wind-driven mills

Steam-driven mills

The normal weekly routine of hard and continuous labour was generally interrupted on the slave plantation by a. Sunday morning visit to market b. Sunday school attendance c. The death of a slave driver d. The birth of a slave's child

Sunday morning visit to market

The abolitionists used all of the following methods to assist in their campaign against slavery EXCEPT a. Newspapers b. Pulpit c. Pamphlets d. Telegraph

Telegraph

Which of the following slave laws were made in the West Indies? a. The British slave laws b. The Siete Partidas c. The Code Noir d. The Laws of Burgos

The British slave laws

West Indian merchants and planters in the early nineteenth century believed that the continued wealth of the islands depend on: a. The abolition of the slave trade b. The continuation of slave labour c. The conscience of the planter class d. The outcome of the religious revival

The continuation of slave labour

In the Caribbean colonies the house of the slave master or the owner was generally referred to as a. The castle b. The great house c. The palace d. The house of correction

The great house

Which group was the greatest, numerically, in the West Indian colonies during the later part of the 17th and throughout the 18th century? a. The whites b. The indigenous peoples c. The mulattoes d. The negro slaves

The negro slaves

Which group of slaves in the British colonies was to be apprenticed for 6 years after emancipation? a. praedial b. non-praedial c. runaway slaves d. manumitted slaves

praedial

Stipendiary Magistrates were usually a. retired army officers b. English justices of the peace c. local justice of the peace d. former white indentured servants

retired army officers

Stipendiary Magistrates were appointed MAINLY to: a. settle disputes between planters and ex-slaves b. report on the problems of the ex-slaves c. protect the interest of the planters d. try all the court cases involving ex-slaves

settle disputes between planters and ex-slaves

Which of the following was the outcome of the Mansfield Judgement of 1772? a. the British slave trade was made illegal b. slaves were not allowed to enter Britain c. slavery was abolished in the British West Indies d. slavery was declared to be unlawful in England

slavery was declared to be unlawful in England

The apprenticeship system was introduced into the British West Indies by a. the act of emancipation b. the act which abolished the slave trade c. the missionaries d. William Wilberforce

the act of emancipation

The movement towards the emancipation of slaves in the British West Indies was aided by the: i. New economic ventures of Bristol and Liverpool ii. Decline in West Indian agriculture iii. Rise of an industrial class in Britain iv. Political decline of the West Indies A) i and ii B) iii and iv C) i, iii and iv D) i, ii, iii and iv

D) i, ii, iii and iv

Britain abolished the slave trade in: a. 1807 b. 1701 c. 1607 d. 1815

1807

The period of apprenticeship for non-praedial slaves in the British Caribbean was scheduled to terminate in a. 1834 b. 1836 c. 1838 d. 1840

1838

The grant from the British government to slave-owners was: a. 200,000 b. 200,000,000 c. 20,000,000 d. 2000

20,000,000

On which of the following dates was a treaty signed between the Jamaican Government and the maroons? a. 4 August 1734 b. 3 September 1795 c. 1 March 1739 d. 3 April 1688

1 March 1739

In the 17th and 18th centuries cane trash or 'bagasse' was used on the plantations in the West Indies mainly a. For making celotex or trin-board b. For making molasses c. As a source of fuel d. As a fertilizer

As a source of fuel

The Act of Emancipation in the British West Indies came into effect on a. August 1, 1833 b. August 1, 1834 c. August 1, 1838 d. August 1, 1840

August 1, 1834

The 'Bush Negroes' are usually associated with: i. Jamaica ii. Dominica iii. St. Lucia iv. British Guiana A) i B) iv C) i and iii D) All of the above

B) iv

Many 18th century sugar cane plantations were located close to a river because: i. It can be the source of power for a mill ii. It can be used for irrigation purposes iii. Fish from the river provided a major source of protein for the enslaved peoples A) i B) ii C) i and ii D) i, ii and iii

C) i and ii

Which of the following measures were used to control enslaved Africans? i. Forbidding them to congregate in large numbers ii. Allowing them to beat drums iii. Restricting their movements A) i B) i and ii C) i and iii D) i, ii and iii

C) i and iii

The British Caribbean planters who supported the abolition of the slave trade did so mainly because of: a. Law b. Religion c. Morality d. Economics

Economics

Which of the following groups of enslaved Africans tended MOST to commit suicide? a. Enslaved Africans newly arrived from Africa b. Field labourers who toiled all day in the sun c. Domestics who were badly treated bt the master's wife d. Enslaved Africans from the Asante tribe

Enslaved Africans newly arrived from Africa

Which group of persons on the West Indian sugar plantations was regarded as lowest on the social ladder? a. Domestic slaves b. Poor whites c. Industrial slaves d. Field slaves

Field slaves

By which of the following was the Code Noir issued? a. Spain b. France c. England d. Portugal

France

Identify the chronological order in which the following uprisings occurred a. Baptist war, Haitian revolution, Barbados revolt, Demerara revolt b. Barbados revolt, Baptist war, Barbados revolt, Demerara revolt c. Haitian revolution, Baptist war, Barbados revolt, Demerara revolt d. Haitian revolution, Barbados revolt, Demerara revolt, Baptist war

Haitian revolution, Barbados revolt, Demerara revolt, Baptist war

Which of the following was NOT a form of resistance against slavery by the enslaved Africans? a. Malingering in the fields b. Hard work in the provision grounds c. Infanticide d. Self-mutilation

Hard work in the provision grounds

Ratoons were a. Newly planted canes b. Cane plants which were ready to be cut c. New stalks growing out of the cane roots left in the earth after a crop was cut d. Flowering sugar cane plants

New stalks growing out of the cane roots left in the earth after a crop was cut

The maroons were enslaved Africans who a. Were jailed b. Ran away from sugar plantations c. Were shipwrecked on an island d. Manumitted themselves

Ran away from sugar plantations

The West Indian sugar factories of the 17th and 18th centuries produced a. Semi-refined crystals b. Granulated sugar c. Wash grey d. Raw muscovado sugar

Raw muscovado sugar

What order of ascending hierarchy was typical of the sugar plantation society? a. Owner, attorney, overseer, book-keeper, slave b. Attorney, book-keeper, overseer, slave, owner c. Slave, book-keeper, overseer, attorney, owner d. Overseer, slave, attorney, owner, book-keeper

Slave, book-keeper, overseer, attorney, owner

All of the following are arguments against the slave trade EXCEPT a. It was an immoral act b. Slavery had already existed in other societies c. The system was inefficient and wasteful d. There was no economic benefit for the colony

Slavery had already existed in other societies

The James Somerset case ruled that a. The abolition of the slave trade should be delayed for another two years b. Once slaves are recaptured, they should be returned to their owners c. Slavery was illegal in England d. Somerset should have been deported from England

Slavery was illegal in England

The majority of people on the sugar plantation during slavery lived in a. Small huts or barracks b. The factory buildings c. The houses of correction d. The great house

Small huts or barracks

Which of the following was the most likely reason why English traders resorted to smuggling after the passing of the act abolishing the slave trade? a. Smuggling satisfied traders' desire to ill-treat negroes b. Traders wanted to show that they could defy the law c. Traders could not find alternative employment d. The profits derived form the trade were great and enticing

The profits derived form the trade were great and enticing

During the 18th century the British West Indian islands were generally regarded as the 'jewel of the British Crown'. Why was this so? a. The islands sent to Britain a great quantity of jewels b. The slave trade and the sugar industry enriched the British treasury c. The islands were laden with gold, silver and copper d. The crown of the British monarchs were mad from West Indian pearls

The slave trade and the sugar industry enriched the British treasury

The Major grievance of the Grand Blancs in St. Domingue before the revolution in 1791 was: a. They resented the growing number of mulattoes b. They possessed little political power c. They did not have sufficient enslaved Africans d. They had no titles

They possessed little political power

Why did the British government grant money to slave- owners in the colonies in 1833? a. To assist planters in buying machinery b. To compensate planters for the loss of labour c. To give planters a 'golden handshake' d. To help plantation owners pay ex-slaves

To compensate planters for the loss of labour

Which of the following did NOT add significantly to a planter's expenses on a typical slave plantation in the 18th century? a. Food for the enslaved Africans b. Wages c. Installing and maintaining capital equipment d. Loans

Wages

Who drafted the Bill for Emancipation of Slaves in the British colonies? a. William Wilberforce b. James Stephen Jr. c. Earl Grey d. Lord Mansfield

William Wilberforce

The arguments that the humanitarians of nineteenth-century Britain used against slavery were MAINLY a. legal b. moral c. political d. economic

moral

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the Apprenticeship system? a. it was proposed to last four years for non-praedial workers b. local legislatures could grant full freedom and bypass apprenticeship c. one stipendary magistrate was to be appointed for every thirty apprentices d. the apprenticeship system was brought to an end on July 31, 1883

the apprenticeship system was brought to an end on July 31, 1883

The MAIN source of disputes between planters and ex-slaves during apprenticeship was a. wages b. property c. child labour d. Sunday work

wages


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