alex 7 gh unit 9 test

Question 1

Natural resources

Answer 1

Part of nature that people can use

Question 2

In 1869 Rupert land =?

Answer 2

?= nwt

Question 3

Began to mark the

Answer 3

usa-canada border

Question 4

The nwmp b/c

Answer 4

Violence was common

Question 5

Border was

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• On the 49th parallel between Canada and USA
• every 1.6 km they planted an iron post
• every 5 km they planted a small mound of earth

Question 6

Whoop up country was

Answer 6

Cypress hill in Saskatchewan

Question 7

problems

Answer 7

Whiskey sellers

wolfers

Question 8

Whiskey sellers

Answer 8

usa ppl that want extra money -sell wiskey to fn ppl

Question 9

wolfers

Answer 9

Wanted wolves so poisoned dead dogs to catch wolves

Question 10

ppl who need police force built was

Answer 10

Jam

Question 11

He made the

Answer 11

nwmp

Question 12

nwmp would

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• Made USA aware that Canada owned the land
• protect fn and other groups from American ppl whop R mean
• help newcomers adjust
• keep peace -fn and new setlers

Question 13

A group of ? were near 2 trading posts in cypress hill

Answer 13

?=Nakoda

Question 14

massacre

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• wolfers thought that they stole horses
• nakoda camp was ambushed
• 36 ppl were murdered

Question 15

The great march west

Answer 15

• Police went 2 Manitoba for training
• ox carts, horses, wagons w/ them
• food ran low, horses dies, got lost
• once they got there 2 forts were made-fort MacLeod ,fort Edmonton

Question 16

Role of. The nwmp

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Make a life peace flu of ppl in Canada

• enforce law
• cleared out whisky traders
• delivered mail
• fought fires
• helped farmers
• fought in nw rebellion of 1885

Question 17

Use the resources effectively in Canada nedded

Answer 17

• transportation
• population
• economy

Question 18

National policy

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• Transportation policy
• immigration policy
• economic policy
• land policy

Question 19

Transportation policy

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Build a railway

Question 20

Immigration policy

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Encourage farmers to move

Question 21

Economic policy

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Build a strong economy

Question 22

Transcontinental railway means

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A railway going across the country

Question 23

y build railway

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• get bc to join

- improve economy

Question 24

2 options

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Northern route

Southern route

Question 25

southern route was chosen b/c

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- flatter - less trees - coal along the way would provide fuel - closer to border - railway already owned most of the land

Question 26

Building the line

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- Private company build it - mostly Chinese ppl working on it - 1 km of track cost 1/2 million dollars

Question 27

Chinese workers problems

Answer 27

- weather - housing - food - wage

Question 28

weather

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- Summer | - winter

Question 29

Summer

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- heat | - bugs

Question 30

winter

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- cold - icy - snowy

Question 31

housing

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- lived in communal housing | - slept in hay- had fleas and rats

Question 32

food

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- salt pork - beans - corned beef - tea

Question 33

wage

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Very little and inexpensive for the investors

Question 34

The last spike

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November 7,1885 Donald Smith drove the last spike at Craigellachie in British Columbia

Question 35

Land policy

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Divide up land

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How it was divided

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- Divided into townships - Each township was divided into 36 square sections - Each section was divided into 4 quarter sections - 2 townships were for schools - some for hbc - some for cpr

Question 37

Dominion land act

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Act making land more available

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Who could apply

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- any family - any male 21 or older - after 1882 women could apply too

Question 39

What would they get

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1 homestead | -$10

Question 40

What they had to do

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- Live on it for 6 months - build a house - to start farming land

Question 41

When would they get there land

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After 3 years

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y they gave up

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- poor | - weather

Question 43

poor

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- no seeds - no farm tools - no livestock - no building matterials

Question 44

weather

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- drought - pests - frost - hail

Question 45

Improve population

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- Newcomers from Ontario - Mennonites - Gimli

Question 46

Newcomers from Ontario

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- Early settlers from Ontario came - most moved to Manitoba - called new Ontario

Question 47

mennonites

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-a religious offshoot of Protestantism They do not believe in violence or war -in Russia the czar wanted them to fight - say no b/c against there religion -Canada see and say come here b/c of religion freedom , and farming Say yes Big group were 7000

Question 48

gimli

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-Means paradise -came from Iceland b/c of volcanoes -called new Iceland -freedom of religion and laws -bad Became Manitoba in 1881

Question 49

y bad for gimli

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- floods - hunger - smallpox

Question 50

competition

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Between USA and Canada -was cheaper in USA then Canada So -Canada made a tax on imported goods whitchg made Canada more cheap then usa

Question 51

Changes in nwt

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- new immigrants were farming - grain was new best export - land was being taken care of - trade posts were popular

Question 52

fn and metis problems

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- neglected by government - immigrants were mean - tried to change but can't