Sugar Industry Test

For History class

What replaced whaling as the main industry in Hawai‘i?

Sugar Industry

Sugar cane was brought to the Hawaiian Islands by who?

The Polynesians

Where did the people who founded the first successful sugar mill come from?

New England

What are three big sugar companies?

• C. Brewer & Company

• American Factors (AMFAC)

• Alexander & Baldwin

• Castle & Cooke

• Theo H. Davies & Company

What is the definition of “Plantation”

A large farm where crops are grown often to be sold to places far away.  

The first Hawaiian sugar plantation was started when and where?

1835 in Kōloa, Kaua`i

Hawaiians worked as what?

Field Laborers

Soon after the Kōloa Plantation started, sugar mills appeared where?

Maui, Big Island, and O’ahu.

What created a boom in Hawaiian sugar?

The gold rush and Civil War

California would rather trade with _____ than _____

Hawaii than Mexico

North stopped buying sugar from where?

South

Plantation owners joined with what to buy the stuff they would need to run their plantations?

factors

What are factors?

Businesses that are paid to perform services for other businesses.

By 1840, about how many foreigners lived in Honolulu?

600

what does “Labor Union” mean?

Association of workers to protect their rights. 

What does “Strike” mean?

A work stoppage caused by the employees

Where did the people who founded the first successful sugar mill come from?

New England

Which country did most of the labor workers come from?

China

What was the name of the land that the king kept for himself?

Crown lands

Who controlled the land in traditional Hawaiian culture?

King and high chiefs

Who managed the land in traditional Hawaiian culture? -

Konohiki

In the traditional Hawaiian culture who did the land belong to?

Gods and the chiefs