1930s Barbados

There were workers unions in Barbados in the 1930s.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Two persons who tried to help working class Barbadians in the 1930s are ________ and _________.

• Errol Barrow and Sarah Ann Gill

• Charles Duncan O'Neal and Samuel Jackman Prescod

• Rhianna and Ivan Clarke

There was no middle class in Barbados.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Some children worked with their parents in the cane fields.

• TRUE

• FALSE

All children had the same opportunity to attend school.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Poor Barbadians _________________.

• had the right to vote

• had good living conditions

• were well fed

• received low wages

Persons who worked in one bakery were locked inside at night because________.

• they wanted to sleep there

• they did not want thieves to get in

• the owner did not want the workers to give away the bread

The laws of Barbados protected and helped ___________.

• the wealthy plantation owners and business owners

• the middle class

• the poor working class

What was used to control the citizens of Barbados?

• Prizes for good behaviour.

• Nothing.

• The law.

Which statement is true about the living conditions of poor Barbadians in the 1930s.

• Houses were large.

• Homes were overcrowded.

• Houses were in a bad condition.