Final Flashcards

1
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Both Manifest Destiny and imperialismo led to military conflicts The war with Mexico resulted in the acquisition of California and the New Mexico Territory. The war with Spain resulted in the acquisition of Louisiana.

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False

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Reconstruction was a profoundly important moment in the American history. In the North, Reconstruction solidified the power of the Democratic Party.

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False

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Who was the commander of the Army who assembled and army in Tampico?

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Winfield Scott

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4
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The removal of the Indians was launched by:

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Andrew Jackson

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5
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The ideology behind the Hispanic American War was written by:

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John O’Sullivan

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6
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President Monroe exposed his Doctrine Monroe in

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1823

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7
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The Christianity of the black people in the South included some of:

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Voodoo and polytheistic religions

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8
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Social Darwinists during the late nineteenth century believed that Darwin’s theory of the survival of
the fittest could be applied to the rise and fall of the nations,

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True

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9
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The Compromise of 1850 Compromise was agreed before the Civil War. It established that each state
should decide the status for joining the Union: Salve or non slave.

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True

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10
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Who was Eli Whitney:

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He invented the Cotton Gin

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The first settlers in the British Colonies settled by a variety of migrants who sought social mobility, economic prosperity, and religious freedom. Religious motives played a dominant role in the New England colonies, while the economic motives played dominant role in the Chesapeake colonies.

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True

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The booming economic growth of the 1950’s, and the anxiety over the Cold War , shaped the politics and the culture of the decade.

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True

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13
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What was the Missouri compromise?

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The division of the north and southern states.

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14
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The Underwood-Simmons Act 1913, promoted women’s vote.

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False

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15
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At the center of middle-class culture in the 1950’s was a growing preoccupation with consumer goods, as a result of increased prosperity, greater variety and availability of products, and the adeptness of advertisers in creating demand.

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True

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16
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The Muckraker Movement was an organized efort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States.

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False

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17
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The temperance movement was a strong force in U.S. politics in the early 20th century, enabling it to win passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, the prohibition.

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True

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18
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Why is the American Revolution called by some historians as “Kind of a Revolution?

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It was an armed movement with no changes in the status quo.

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During the colonies times, resistance to slavery was the way to win freedom. Southern colonies enacted laws allowing slaves to earn money and to read and write.

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False

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20
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The Spanish American War began in?

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1898

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21
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The Seven Year’s War was in:

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1756 - 1763

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22
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Who was sent to negotiate Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo?

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Nicholas Trist

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23
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The Emancipation Proclamation of 1861 granted freedom to all slaves in the United States.

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False *Thirteenth Amendment freed all slaves in the United States 1865

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24
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The first state to rebel against the Union during before the Civil war was Illinois.

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False *South Carolina

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25
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Who enacted the Indian Removal Act?

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Andrew Jackson

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26
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Which of the following is not a progressive President in the US?

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Ulysses Grant

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27
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Who were the bosses during the time of the industrial supremacy.

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The robber barons

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28
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During the IIWW Roosevelt began to make subtle changes in the American role in the war. Great Britain was virtually bankrupt and could no longer meet te cash and carry requirements imposed by the Neutrality Acts. e president, therefore, proposed a new system for supplying Britain: “lend-lease”.

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True

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29
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Ater the Civil War the end of the sectional antagonisms diminished happened with the civil war and social antagonism also disappeared.

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False

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30
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Which of the following is not an achievement of the progressives of the end of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century.

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Election of Senators by the House of Representatives

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31
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Who commanded the ofensives in New Mexico and California in 1846?

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Stephen Kearny

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32
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Who was Herbert Spencer?

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The ideologist behind social Darwinism

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33
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In 1860, all pretense of common sentiment collapsed when no political party presented a presidential candidate capable of attracting national support.

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False

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34
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After the civil war and the beginning of the progressives and new antagonism emerged between the rich and the poor.

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True

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35
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Raised in the most prosperous society the world had ever known, hippies, nonetheless rejected the values of hard work, neat appearance, and economic success taught y their parents. Instead the new counterculture emphasized wearing long hair, jeans, sandals and love beads instead of business suites and dresses.

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True

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36
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The Kansas-Nebraska Controversy was….

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The admission of Kansas and Nebraska as new states under slave/free states

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37
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The Lowell system was?

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A system of work for women in factories

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38
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Joseph McCarthy was a Senator who exploited the policitical climate of paranoia. In the 1920’s he
denounced that America’s foreign policy had been inluenced by communists.

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False

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39
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Who were Nicola Saco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?

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Italians victims of the Red Scare

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40
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President Eisenhower had a strong compromise towards the integration of the South. He actively promoted the Civil Rights Act and during his term it was passed on Congress.

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True

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41
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What led slavery become an established institution?

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Whites established a control system that inhibited rebellion

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42
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Who was Herbert Spencer?

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Sociologist and philosopher, an early advocate of the theory of evolution,

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43
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American foreign policy during the IWW was determined to do nothing that would limits its own
freedom of action, the only exception was to join the League of Nations

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False

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44
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Thomas Jefferson is the President who…

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Bought the Louisiana territory

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45
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Blacks in the depression…

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Suffered the worst part of the Depression

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46
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Who commanded the army that invaded Mexico though Texas during the Mexican-American War?

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Zachary Taylor

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47
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Which colony was founded by Catholics?

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Maryland

48
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What does KING COTTON mean?

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The economic boom of the south

49
Q

The Quakers established in:

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Pennsylvania

50
Q

What was the argument of the blacks to the War Against Mexico:

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They were against because it was the extension of slavery

51
Q

In 1708Samuel de Champlain establishes a French colony at Quebec City

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False

52
Q

France and Britain remained at peace for thirty years ater Ultrech Peace Treaty in:

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1713

53
Q

What was the oficial name given to Canada by the British North America Act (1867)?

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Dominion of Canada

54
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In what year did confederation occur?

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1867

55
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Second World War. The 1st of September 1929, Britain and France declared war to Germany. Canada on the 10th.

A

False

56
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In 1867 nation building turned out to be an easy task easier than expected; when Canada was judged superior it was always in reference to the US.

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False

57
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When did the British enacted the Royal Proclamation

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1763

58
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The boundary between Alaska and Canada has been established in 1923 with Russia. When Russia sold Alaska to the US there was no change in country until de Klondike gold rush. e Canadian government claimed that the Treaty give access to the sea and the US maintained the contrary. e issue was solved during Teddy Roosevelt with important animosities against the Americans.

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False

59
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From 1889 to 1915 North America was the seat of war. ere were expressions of wars between the Iroquois and the French or between French and British and British and Spanish.

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False

60
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The Commonwealth was born in:

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1931

61
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What was the last province to join Canada, in 1949?

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Newfoundland

62
Q

Quebec was once called Lower Canada.

A

True

63
Q

Canada Act that led to the Patriating the Canadian Constitution

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1982

64
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Statue of Westminster 1931. Britain recognized the complete autonomy of the British dominions, recognizing that the dominions chose to continue as member of the British Commonwealth (a word that took place of Empire) under their allegiance to the crown.

A

True

65
Q

During the time of the colonies in North America Canadiens were:

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French who arrived between 1510 - 1569

66
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The British and American gathered in Ghent, in Belgium and signed a treaty of peace in which the Americans lost a big portion of their territory. e peace of 1814 concluded years of hostilities that began with the Revolutionary War.

A

False

67
Q

The Colombo Plan in 1950 was:

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Under the Commonwealth it was aid for the newly independent states specially India. It was de reinvention of the Commonwealth

68
Q

Which of these was not a reason for confederation?

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Climate Change

69
Q

At the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX century, electricity was the key to industrial development thanks to waterfalls. Mineral production increased in the Canadian Klondike in the Yukon Territory. Railways were being built and financed by British capital, Canada was developing.

A

True

70
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By 1873 Canada had 7 provinces. Which of the following was not a province?

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Newfoundland

71
Q

In US and Canada signed the Autopac agreement to manage the auto industry. It brought the US and
Canada closer together.

A

1965

72
Q

Who was the British envoy to propose Responsible Government?

A

Lord Durham

73
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Colonial Conference London: 1997.Chamberlain was the British colonial secretary and he wanted to draw colonies closer because he could see the threat of the German Economic power. e Colonial Conference was an attempt to gain the support towards British conlicts in the world

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False

74
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Before 1914 Canada did not have a foreign policy. It’s only foreign policy had been the tarif. No Canadian was present when the British decided to go to war.

A

True

75
Q

The time between the Peace Utrecht and the Seven Year’s War was more of a preparation for the control of the Colonies between the French and the British.

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True

76
Q

In North America during the French Colonies, the French empire ruled over more Indians than white and Catholics: (Algonquian, Ottawa’s Mohawks (Iroquois).

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True

77
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Canada’s accomplishments in the lIWW were considerable. e country survived to emerge richer and more stable. Canada fielded armed forces and produced ammunition. In 1944 they were third place in Western Allies

A

True

78
Q

Ater the Seven Year’s War, the French gave up Canada formerly New France and Louisiana. Spain lost Florida.

A

True

79
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Statue of Westminster 1961. Britain recognized the complete autonomy of the British dominions, recognizing that the dominions.

A

False

80
Q

In 1914 Canada went to war because of Great Britain went to war. Canada was becoming a country of large companies, banking system, department stores. Movies, radio, telephones, aircrats, roads. Urbanism.

A

True

81
Q

Louis Riel organized two rebellions in this two provinces

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MANITOBA & QUEBEC (MAAAL)

82
Q

In 1947 Giovanni Caboto explored and discovered Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

A

True

83
Q

Why did British Columbia agree to join Canada?

A

THEY WERE PROMISED A RAILWAY

84
Q
  1. e Canada’s were merged into a single colony, the United Province of Canada, by Act of Union.
A

False

85
Q

During the time of New France Jesuits saw in Iroquois people ideal subjects for conversion

A

True

86
Q

Canada sent troops, planes and ships to the Korean war with no opposition of Quebec since the
catholic in Quebec were communists.

A

False

87
Q

What is the Peace of Utrech

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AN AGREEMENT WHERE FRANCE AN BRITAIN REMAINED AT

PEACE FOR THIRTY YEARS

88
Q

Why were French Canadiens against confederation?

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THEY WOULDN’T HAVE ANY POWER IN THE GOVERNMENT

89
Q

In the 1970 terrorist groups Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) fueled the sentiment of independence. ey kidnapped oficials and the support for FLQ drained away. e October crisis, which lasted three months, was the culmination of sporadic violence. Trudeau stood as the great leader. e crisis reminded Canadians that Quebec was an unfinished business.

A

True

90
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Lower Canada. In 1934 Papineau passed the 92 Resolutions demanding popular control of government through elections. He formed his “Commitees of correspondence’

A

False

91
Q

Canada is a member of NATO?

A

True

92
Q

He named it Canada, established fishing settlements and trade with first nations

A

Jaques Cartier

93
Q

Act guaranteeing the right of the Canadians to practice the catholic faith and to the use of French civil law

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Quebec Act 1774

94
Q

The British Parliament duly passed the Patriation of the Canadian Constitution

A

Canada Act 1982

95
Q

Canada established (with the US) a defense agreement

A

NORAD

96
Q

The end of the British Rule in 1931 which acknowledge Canada as coequal with the UK and the other Commonwealth

A

Statue of Westminster

97
Q

1763 the British Crown and Aboriginal peoples through regulation of trade, settlement and land purchase on the western frontier

A

Royal proclamation

98
Q
  1. The Canadas were merged into a single colony, the United Province of Canada
A

Act of Union

99
Q

By this Act Canada united British colonies in North America into a federation

A

Confederation

100
Q

He established multicultural Canada

A

Pierre Trudeau

101
Q

Report by……. which strongly recommended responsible government

A

Durham

102
Q

4 original provinces:

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Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

103
Q

Oficial name given to Canada by the British North America Act of 1867:

A

Dominion of Canada.

104
Q

British envoy … to propose Responsible -government:

A

Lord Durham “Durham Report”

105
Q

Province that joined Canada in 1949:

A

Newfoundland

106
Q

Reasons for confederation:

A

Need for railway, Manifest Destiny, Self Defense.

107
Q

New Brunswick was a colony formed ater American Revolution?

A

Yes, It was

108
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British Columbia agreed to join Canada because:

A

ey were promised a railway.

109
Q

French Canadiens were against Confederation because:

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There was a outnumbering of the French but they had equal representation

110
Q

Quebec was once called Lower Canada ?

A

True

111
Q

By the Statue of Westminster the British created the Province of British Columbia?

A

False

112
Q

The Patriation of the Constitution was in:

A

1982

113
Q

The Quiet war/revolution was

A

A movement led by Jean Lesage and they wanted to take power away from the Catholic Church and also secularize Quebec (independence/separatist movement) → A movement for the independence of Quebec.

114
Q

The first Referendum that conceded independence to Quebec was in 1980 (?).

A

FALsE, QUEBEC ISN’T INDEPENDENT.

115
Q

Year of the confederation:

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1864 e Quebec Conference (e Seventy-Two Resolutions and Charlottetown Conference laid out the framework for uniting British colonies in North America into a federation. 1866 London Conference, led to the formation of the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.