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Early 1900s Quiz Flashcards

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Canada’s 1st Prime Minister

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John A. MacDonald is Canada’s 1st Prime Minister

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Who formed new Canada first?

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Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

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When was thr British North American Act and what is it?

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In 1867, the document gave Canada some degree of independence, BUT still very closely tied to Britain).

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4
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When did Canada purchases Rupert’s Land from the Hudson Bay Company?

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1870

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5
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What year did British Columbia become a province?

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1871

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When did the railway start?

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1872

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Who is Canada’s 7th PM and when did he become PM?

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Wilfred Laurier, 1896

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When did Canada has 7 provinces with a pop. of 5 200 000

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1900

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Who did Laurier appointed as the Minister of the Interior and what year as the Minister of the Interior

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Clifford Sifton , 1896

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Sifton adopted an————-immigration policy

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“open door”

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Sifton flooded desirable countries with advertisements promising ———-in the “Last, Best West”

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free land

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Goal was to attract skilled ———- (mostly from the US and Europe)

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farmers

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By ———— Canada’s population grew to almost 8 000 000

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1914

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———- immigration to the west made it possible for railway development

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Large

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———————- linked western and eastern Canada

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Canadian Pacific Railway

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16
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Continued ——— created need for more railways

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immigration

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17
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Laurier gave ———— to companies to build more railways

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subsidies (a grant or gift of money)

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————————and —————— build connecting and extending railways at record speeds

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The Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Northern Railway

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———- played a major roles in early settlement patterns

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Railways

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20
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———- and ———— grew along the railways

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Factories, factory towns

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21
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In ———, industrial districts grew alongs rail lines

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cities

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Many new Canadians settled in ————- and ————— near the US

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towns and cities

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23
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In ————, the majority of Canadians lived in rural areas

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1900

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24
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However, the ———- population soon dramatically increased

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urban

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25
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As ———— continued, more Canadians moved to cities to find jobs in the new factories.

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immigration

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26
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The early ———- saw enormous changes to Canada’s economy

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1900s

27
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—————and —————- continued to play an important role

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Natural resources, foreign trade

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However, the economy started to shift to a stronger ————- base (——————-)

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manufacturing, secondary industry

29
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A —————— started to develop (a system in which the means of production are privately owned by individuals or corporations that compete to produce goods and services for profit

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capitalist system (private ownership)

30
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In conjunction, mass consumer culture(the buying and spending of consumers) was born ——-produced factory products were eagerly purchased by consumers

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Mass-produced factory

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——————- products were eagerly purchased by consumers

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Mass-produced factory

32
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Primary Industries

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industries that harvest natural resources (e.g., agriculture, fishing, mining)

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Secondary (or ————) Industries———————————

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(manufacturing) industries that turn natural resources into industrial products (e.g., car manufacturing, furniture making)

34
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Tertiary (or ————) Industries ——————————————- eg

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(service) - industries that provide services (e.g., banking, retail, education)

35
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At the beginning of the 20th century, Canada was still part of the —————

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British Empire

36
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Canada governed most of its ——————

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internal affairs

37
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However, Britain still governed its —————and——————

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defence, external affairs

38
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This imperialistic relationship created tensions between —————Canadians and ———— Canadians

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English-speaking and French-speaking

39
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South African War Debate (1899-1902)

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  • British government asked canada to send troops to help fight the Afrikaners
  • if he agreed he would loss french speaking support if didn’t he would loss English speaking
  • Laurier refused to order the canadian army to South Africa, but he allowed some troops to volunteer under canadian millitary act to serve British war.
  • Canada equipped and transported the soldiers
40
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Naval Issue

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  • Britain wanted to beat Germany to have the biggest army
  • Britain wanted financial helo from Canada
  • Laurier created a native service call
  • if he gave money french speaking would leave and if he didn’t give money English speaking would leave
  • it turns out because the French and English people are happy with the compromise.and tryed to move away from the brtain picture
41
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At the beginning of the 20th century relations between Canada and the US were ———-

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tense

42
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Disputes over ————, the US showing signs of imperialism and other issues were examples

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Fishing

43
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The Alaska Boundary Dispute

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Britain went against us an gave are land to the US

44
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However, the relationship slowly began to————- (e.g., Boundary Waters Treaty - 1909)

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improve

45
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The———— Election - the issue of reciprocity/free trade. What dose reciprocity and free trade.

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1911
Reciprocity- another word for duty, basically having to pay more as Canadians. This is to pervert canadians from buying from other countries.
Free trade- means no duty or very little

46
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————— becomes the new PM

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Robert Borden

47
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2 factors that restrict immigration

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  1. Economic Downtime

2. Wartimes

48
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What is History?

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Is the study of past events that involved or affected people

49
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An event cannot because part of history enless there is ——————

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Evidence

50
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Primary evidence

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Evidence that comes from the time of event

51
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Secondly evidence

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Study books, journals, magazines that were produced after the events

52
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Events in history are arranged by time abd date. Historians look at these events in sequence. This describes the term —————-

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Chronology

53
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List 8 fields of history

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  1. Political history
  2. Social history
  3. Cultural history
  4. Aboriginal history
  5. Enconmic history
  6. Military history
  7. Woman’s history
  8. Environmental history
54
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Canada’s population at the turn of the century was approximately—————-

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5 million

55
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Canada greatly increased its population by the process of ————

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immigration

56
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Canada’s 3 sources of immigrants

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  1. Great Britain
  2. United States
  3. Europe
57
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What factor’s affect immigration into a country and movement away are called ———— factors and ———factors . Give 3 examples for each.

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Pull (peace, jobs, available land)

Push (violence/ war, few jobs, little available land)

58
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Immigration vs Emigration in Canada

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Immigration- people who come into a country.

Emigration- people who leave a country.

59
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Births and deaths in Canada

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After 1900, Canada population grew because more people immigrated than emigrated and number of births grew compared to deaths in Canadians also grew. From the year 1881 to 192 the deaths are always lower.

60
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During the early 1900s, the only way you could get across Canada was by using the ———————.

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The National Railway

61
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Most Canadians duringtge early 1900s lived in ———— areas

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Rural

62
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In 1911, the largest city’s in canada were

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Montoral, Toronto, Winnipeg

63
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What is urbanization and Rural mean?

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  • A rural area is an area of land outside the densely populated
  • urban areas in a town or city.

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