Colonial Foundations
This system used forced African labor to grow crops on large farms in T&T.
What is the plantation system?
This theory explains why groups felt “stuck” in roles by race.
What is caste theory?
Plantations led to some groups doing specific jobs based on:
What is race?
Today, groups in T&T sometimes compete over these limited things.
What are resources?
This was the year that slavery officially ended in T&T.
What is 1834?
After slavery ended, workers were brought from this country to work on plantations in T&T.
What is India?
When one group feels another has more advantages, it causes:
What is frustration or tension?
This small group of wealthy people held power over the plantation.
Who are the planters?
This word describes the lasting differences in culture and race from the plantation days.
What is diversity?
This 1970s movement focused on African pride and rights in T&T.
What is the Black Power Movement?
The British brought these people from Africa to work on plantations.
Who are African slaves?
This theory says T&T depended on other countries for money.
What is dependency theory?
This type of crop was grown on plantations and sold for money.
What are cash crops?
Indo- and Afro-Trinidadians sometimes feel they deserve more. This is called:
What is competitive pride?
This T&T holiday celebrates when Indian workers first arrived.
What is Indian Arrival Day?
This word describes how British leaders kept different races separate.
What is segregation?
Plantation leaders kept order by dividing races, explained by this theory.
What is social control?
Plantations led to a powerful, top-down type of rule in T&T, known as:
What is centralized power?
Today, racial divisions make it harder for T&T to feel like one group, called:
What is national unity?
This holiday on August 1 celebrates freedom from slavery in T&T.
What is Emancipation Day?
This small group held most of the power on plantations and was at the top of the social ladder.
Who are white Europeans?
Different cultures living nearby but not mixing much is called:
What is cultural separation?
Jobs and roles passed down from the plantation days created:
What is job separation?
The plantation system made a lasting impact on the social order, called:
What is social hierarchy?
This 1917 law stopped the arrival of new indentured laborers in T&T.
What is the Immigration Ordinance of 1917?