Chapter 6

Question 1

What does secular society mean?

Answer 1

A society where religions don’t have an effect in our government.

Question 2

In the 20th century, the Catholic Church was responsible for what three things?

Answer 2

Education, medical care in hospitals, and charity work.

Question 3

1. What were some of the moral values the Church imposed on the society?
2. What were some of the rules outlined by the Church?

Answer 3

1. dedication to the family and community, loyalty to one’s spouse, hard work and submission
2. attend mass regularly, no sexual relations outside of marriage, respect for fasting schedules and family prayers said before each meal

Question 4

When the Depression began, what was the government’s reaction?

Answer 4

They believed the situation would resolve itself

Question 5

What 4 measure did the government make to end the Depression?

Answer 5

Trade tariffs were reduced, public works were launched, direct relief vouchers were implemented, and there was a return to the land

Question 6

What is fascism?

Answer 6

An ideology characterized by extreme nationalism, a military regime, blind admiration to a leader and racism

Question 7

What is socialism?

Answer 7

Proposal to replace private property with collective ownership of the means of production. A social government may take control of natural resources and energy

Question 8

What is communism?

Answer 8

Based on the idea of class struggle and advocates that workers overthrow the oppression of reigning government

Question 9

Who was the new prime minister of Canada and what measures did he design to regulate the economy and fend off a return of economic crisis?

Answer 9

Richard Bedford Bennett

• Created Bank of Canada
• Unemployment insurance was created
• Minimum wage was established
• Old age pensions were established
• Legal barriers against monopolies were enacted

Question 10

What is the name of the theory in which governments believed that, in the case of economic trouble, equilibrium would be re-established if matters were left up to private enterprise?

Answer 10

Liberalism

Question 11

Families living in poverty received this to exchange for necessities.

Answer 11

Relief vouchers

Question 12

What do private organizations provide today to help the homeless?

Answer 12

Shelters, meals, xmas baskets

Question 13

What does the government provide today to help the homeless?

Answer 13

Unemployment insurance, welfare, tax credit

Question 14

Identify which ideology corresponds to each of the following statements.

1. Individual liberty and private property are defended.
2. Collective ownership of the means of production should replace private ownership.
3. Features a military regime led by a strong leader
4. The control of the government should be in the hands of the workers.

Answer 14

1. Liberalism
2. Socialism
3. Fascism
4. Communism

Question 15

Name two points of interventionism.

Answer 15

1. The government should guarantee workers a minimum wage

2. The government should help families living in poverty

Question 16

When were many women hired to work in factories?

Answer 16

WWI

Question 17

What measures had the government implemented when Godbout was head of Quebec government?

Answer 17

• Granted women right to vote
• Introduced a bill making school mandatory but free (school textbooks were free also)
• Labour Code that affirmed the rights of workers to collective bargaining and to unionization
• Nationalized electric power in Montreal

Question 18

What were 3 consequences of shortage of workers during the war?

Answer 18

1. Salary increase
2. Paid vacation and pension plan
3. Hire marred women

Question 19

What were the 3 reasons in the 1950s that the population in Quebec grew by 1 million?

Answer 19

1. Increase in birth rate (baby boom)
2. A new wave of immigration
3. Decrease in the death rate of babies and children

Question 20

What did people begin buying in the 50s?

Answer 20

Refrigerators, washers, stoves, radios, televisions, cars, and furniture

Question 21

Access to newspapers, radio and movie theaters increased dramatically. Television appeared in Quebec in 1952. How did this help the population?

Answer 21

They all had the same access to information and important news

Question 22

Duplessis became Premier of Quebec after Godbout. What were some changes he made?

Answer 22

• Abolished free schooling and made it optional
• Invited foreign investors and conceded to them the right to exploit forests and mining at very low prices
• opposed unions

Question 23

What did Duplessis create?

Answer 23

The flag of the Province of Quebec

Question 24

What were some major criticisms of Duplessis?

Answer 24

• Too much influence by the Catholic clergy
• Exploiting of Quebec’s natural resources by foreign investors
• Social inequalities

Question 25

What did the criticisms on Duplessis begin?

Answer 25

The Quiet Revolution

Question 26

What did the Refus Global oppose and what did it question?

Answer 26

Opposed: secular intellectuals because the clergy created a fear of change Questioned: authority of the traditional elite

Question 27

Which of Quebec's Premiers was more conservative and which was more progressive?

Answer 27

Conservative: Duplessis Progressive: Godbout

Question 28

In the early 1960s, the baby boomers were teenagers and consisted of nearly half the population. The were _____________ than their parents and their ________ were distinctly different.

Answer 28

Better educated | Values

Question 29

What did these teenagers demand?

Answer 29

Social justice, equal opportunity, peace, freedom, and they challenged authority.

Question 30

The 60s was the age of...

Answer 30

Aquarius, the hippie movement of peace, love and rock-and-roll

Question 31

Religious practice declined in the 60s. Why?

Answer 31

The youth challenged authority by practicing free sex, using contraception, and getting divorced more often

Question 32

What changes did Feminists demand?

Answer 32

Protection agaisnt sexual harassment, violence agaisnt women and discrimination against women, daycares and wages for fulltime mothers

Question 33

What did the bill of the status of married women grant?

Answer 33

The right to manage their own money, to sign contracts, to take a grievance to court and to inherit without the consent of a husband

Question 34

What did the government put an end to in 1978?

Answer 34

Dismissal from work due to pregnancy and instituted paid maternity leave

Question 35

What was the government's social intervention during the 60s?

Answer 35

Hospital insurance, pension plan, family allowance, welfare act, health insurance plan

Question 36

What was the government's educational intervention during the 60s?

Answer 36

Compulsory attendance, creation of ministry of education, CEGEPs, University du Quebec and polyvalent high schools

Question 37

Which book denounces the mediocre teaching in Quebec in the 60s and who wrote it?

Answer 37

The Impertinences of Brother Anonymous (Jean-Paul Besbiens)

Question 38

The government wanted to raise money without raising taxes. What did they create?

Answer 38

Lotto Quebec

Question 39

In 1968, Rene Levesque quit the Liberal Party to establish the parti mouvement souverainete-association. Why?

Answer 39

To fight for Quebec sovereignty

Question 40

In October of 1970, members of the FLQ (terrorist organization) kidnapped James Cross and the Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte. Why?

Answer 40

To stimulate a revolution to gain independence of Quebec

Question 41

In 1976 the Parti Quebecois was elected in power and Levesque presented his idea. What was his idea and what was the final vote of the referendum?

Answer 41

Sovereignty of the province of Quebec with a special partnership with Canada. No

Question 42

What was the Loi pour promouvoir la langue francaise au Quebec?

Answer 42

Bille 63: The Act promoting the French language in Quebec

Question 43

What was the Loi sur la langue officiel?

Answer 43

Bill 22: This law established French as the official language of Quebec

Question 44

What was The Charter of the French Language?

Answer 44

Bill 101: This law established French as the only official language of Quebec. Access to English schools was reserved for children who had at least one parent whose education had been English (excluding immigrants)

Question 45

Which 3 groups obtained the right to vote in Quebec in the 20th century?

Answer 45

Women, Natives, Prisoners