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WorksheetsApprenticeship and Amelioration
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
The apprenticeship system was implemented to facilitate
The end of slavery
Peaceful transition from slavery to freedom
Increase in profits
Revolts
Who were the abolitionists?
The planters
A group that worked for planters
Stipendiary Magistrates
A group that worked to put an end to slavery
The Stipendiary Magistrates
Were employed by the planters
Were missionaries
Were emoloyed to oversee the apprenticeship
Were slave masters
Which country opted out of the Apprenticeship System
Barbados
Jamaica
Antigua
Guyana
The Amelioration Proposal was introduced in
1830
1818
1823
1856
The slave trade ended in
1804
1807
1831
1823
The apprentices had to work for
40 1/2 hrs per month
40 1/2 hrs per week
40 1/2 hrs per annum
13 1/2 hrs per week
What was the purpose of the Amelioration proposals?
Better living conditions for enslaved Africans
To end slavery
To reintroduce slavery
To better the lives of slave masters
In what year was slavery abolished?
1962
1834
1838
1732
"Apprenticeship System" was introduced to the slaves after Emancipation for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
The slaves needed the extra work
It was felt that the slave were not used to being independent
It was thought that the slaves needed help to adjust to freedom.
Exslaves needed time to adjust to recieving wages for work done.
In which order did the following events occur.
Emancipation, Apprenticeship, Abolition
Abolition, Emancipation, Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship, Abolition, Emancipation
Emancipation, Abolition, Apprenticeship
Which of these countries did not have large scale immigration after slavery was abolished?
Trinidad
Jamaica
Barbados
Brithish Guiana
State the year in which Indian immigration ended.
1915
1916
1917
1918
1. The Act of Emancipation came into effect on
August 1, 1833
August 1, 1834
August 1, 1838
August 1, 1840
1. Which one of the following was NOT a provision of the Emancipation Act?
Compensation to planters for the loss of their slaves
Complete freedom for female slaves under 16 years of age
Complete freedom for slaves under six years of age
The establishment of the apprenticeship system
Why did the British Government grant money to slave-owners in the colonies in 1833?
To assist planters in buying machinery
To help plantation owners pay ex-slaves
To give planters a 'golden handshake'
To compensate planters for the loss of labour
The reason the Emancipation Act was passed was due to all of the following except?
Planters did not adhere to the Amelioration measures.
Abolitionists worked in and out of parliament highlighting the struggles of the enslaved.
Planters felt it was easier to use freed labour than deal with abolitionists.
The actions of the slaves in the Christmas Rebellion indicated that slaves were demanding their freedom.
All of the following conditions helped to advance the movement toward emancipation EXCEPT ...
The emergence of an industrial class in England
The high cost of production of British West Indian sugar
The political decline of the West India Lobby
The planters desire to see enslaved people free
The slaves in ________________________ were given immediate freedom.
Barbados
St. Kitts
Grenada
Antigua
