Colonial Foundations
Theories of Racial Tension
Legacy of the Plantation Economy
Impact on Contemporary T&T
Important Dates & Events
100

This system used forced African labor to grow crops on large farms in T&T.

What is the plantation system?

100

This theory explains why groups felt “stuck” in roles by race.

What is caste theory?

100

Plantations led to some groups doing specific jobs based on:

What is race?

100

Today, groups in T&T sometimes compete over these limited things.

What are resources?

100

This was the year that slavery officially ended in T&T.

What is 1834?

200

After slavery ended, workers were brought from this country to work on plantations in T&T.

What is India?

200

When one group feels another has more advantages, it causes:

What is frustration or tension?

200

This small group of wealthy people held power over the plantation.

Who are the planters?

200

This word describes the lasting differences in culture and race from the plantation days.

What is diversity?

200

This 1970s movement focused on African pride and rights in T&T.

What is the Black Power Movement?

300

The British brought these people from Africa to work on plantations.

Who are African slaves?

300

This theory says T&T depended on other countries for money.

What is dependency theory?

300

This type of crop was grown on plantations and sold for money.

What are cash crops?

300

Indo- and Afro-Trinidadians sometimes feel they deserve more. This is called:

What is competitive pride?

300

This T&T holiday celebrates when Indian workers first arrived.

What is Indian Arrival Day?

400

This word describes how British leaders kept different races separate.

What is segregation?

400

Plantation leaders kept order by dividing races, explained by this theory.

What is social control?

400

Plantations led to a powerful, top-down type of rule in T&T, known as:

What is centralized power?

400

Today, racial divisions make it harder for T&T to feel like one group, called:

What is national unity?

400

This holiday on August 1 celebrates freedom from slavery in T&T.

What is Emancipation Day?

500

This small group held most of the power on plantations and was at the top of the social ladder.

Who are white Europeans?

500

Different cultures living nearby but not mixing much is called:

What is cultural separation?

500

Jobs and roles passed down from the plantation days created:

What is job separation?

500

The plantation system made a lasting impact on the social order, called:

What is social hierarchy?

500

This 1917 law stopped the arrival of new indentured laborers in T&T.

What is the Immigration Ordinance of 1917?