Early 1900s Quiz Flashcards
Canada’s 1st Prime Minister
John A. MacDonald is Canada’s 1st Prime Minister
Who formed new Canada first?
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
When was thr British North American Act and what is it?
In 1867, the document gave Canada some degree of independence, BUT still very closely tied to Britain).
When did Canada purchases Rupert’s Land from the Hudson Bay Company?
1870
What year did British Columbia become a province?
1871
When did the railway start?
1872
Who is Canada’s 7th PM and when did he become PM?
Wilfred Laurier, 1896
When did Canada has 7 provinces with a pop. of 5 200 000
1900
Who did Laurier appointed as the Minister of the Interior and what year as the Minister of the Interior
Clifford Sifton , 1896
Sifton adopted an————-immigration policy
“open door”
Sifton flooded desirable countries with advertisements promising ———-in the “Last, Best West”
free land
Goal was to attract skilled ———- (mostly from the US and Europe)
farmers
By ———— Canada’s population grew to almost 8 000 000
1914
———- immigration to the west made it possible for railway development
Large
———————- linked western and eastern Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Continued ——— created need for more railways
immigration
Laurier gave ———— to companies to build more railways
subsidies (a grant or gift of money)
————————and —————— build connecting and extending railways at record speeds
The Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Northern Railway
———- played a major roles in early settlement patterns
Railways
———- and ———— grew along the railways
Factories, factory towns
In ———, industrial districts grew alongs rail lines
cities
Many new Canadians settled in ————- and ————— near the US
towns and cities
In ————, the majority of Canadians lived in rural areas
1900
However, the ———- population soon dramatically increased
urban
As ———— continued, more Canadians moved to cities to find jobs in the new factories.
immigration
The early ———- saw enormous changes to Canada’s economy
1900s
—————and —————- continued to play an important role
Natural resources, foreign trade
However, the economy started to shift to a stronger ————- base (——————-)
manufacturing, secondary industry
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
capitalist system (private ownership)
In conjunction, mass consumer culture(the buying and spending of consumers) was born ——-produced factory products were eagerly purchased by consumers
Mass-produced factory
——————- products were eagerly purchased by consumers
Mass-produced factory
Primary Industries
industries that harvest natural resources (e.g., agriculture, fishing, mining)
Secondary (or ————) Industries———————————
(manufacturing) industries that turn natural resources into industrial products (e.g., car manufacturing, furniture making)
Tertiary (or ————) Industries ——————————————- eg
(service) - industries that provide services (e.g., banking, retail, education)
At the beginning of the 20th century, Canada was still part of the —————
British Empire
Canada governed most of its ——————
internal affairs
However, Britain still governed its —————and——————
defence, external affairs
This imperialistic relationship created tensions between —————Canadians and ———— Canadians
English-speaking and French-speaking
South African War Debate (1899-1902)
- 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
Naval Issue
- 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
At the beginning of the 20th century relations between Canada and the US were ———-
tense
Disputes over ————, the US showing signs of imperialism and other issues were examples
Fishing
The Alaska Boundary Dispute
Britain went against us an gave are land to the US
However, the relationship slowly began to————- (e.g., Boundary Waters Treaty - 1909)
improve
The———— Election - the issue of reciprocity/free trade. What dose reciprocity and free trade.
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
————— becomes the new PM
Robert Borden
2 factors that restrict immigration
- Economic Downtime
2. Wartimes
What is History?
Is the study of past events that involved or affected people
An event cannot because part of history enless there is ——————
Evidence
Primary evidence
Evidence that comes from the time of event
Secondly evidence
Study books, journals, magazines that were produced after the events
Events in history are arranged by time abd date. Historians look at these events in sequence. This describes the term —————-
Chronology
List 8 fields of history
- Political history
- Social history
- Cultural history
- Aboriginal history
- Enconmic history
- Military history
- Woman’s history
- Environmental history
Canada’s population at the turn of the century was approximately—————-
5 million
Canada greatly increased its population by the process of ————
immigration
Canada’s 3 sources of immigrants
- Great Britain
- United States
- Europe
What factor’s affect immigration into a country and movement away are called ———— factors and ———factors . Give 3 examples for each.
Pull (peace, jobs, available land)
Push (violence/ war, few jobs, little available land)
Immigration vs Emigration in Canada
Immigration- people who come into a country.
Emigration- people who leave a country.
Births and deaths in Canada
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.
During the early 1900s, the only way you could get across Canada was by using the ———————.
The National Railway
Most Canadians duringtge early 1900s lived in ———— areas
Rural
In 1911, the largest city’s in canada were
Montoral, Toronto, Winnipeg
What is urbanization and Rural mean?
- A rural area is an area of land outside the densely populated
- urban areas in a town or city.
