Final Exam Flashcards
industrial revolution (key points)
first revolution (1700s-1800s) to shift to steam power, and new transportation
second revolution (1860s-1950s) start of mass automation assembly and goods from other countries
transportation in the late 18th and early 19th
included walking, stagecoach, snowshoes, sleds (took 3 or 4 days from Montreal to Quebec City)
spent many days travelling for sports games
role of steamboats and sports
donated prizes and money, took spectators to sports events, special prices for sports teams to travel to events
role of the Canadian railway
supported competitive spread of sport in Canada
1867- 3200km of track connected Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes
1885- rocky mountains were connected
1900- almost 30000km of railway tracks
railway and sport
- reduction in travel time
- regularity of competitions
- promotion of multi-club and multi-sport events
communications influence on sport
- changes in sport production and dispersion
- increase in newspapers and increase in telegraph which is live results of sporting matches
- increased attention to sports stories
development in equipment
- more accessible and more standardized with sport specific regulations
- making equipment affordable so all people could participate
urbanization in Montreal
- shift from urban to rural lives
- large impact on the organization and professionalization of sport
- 1850s onwards, rules, standards, regulations
muscular Christianity
- belief system in the 19th century
- assumption that sport, manliness and building character went hand-in-hand
Montreal Curling Club
began in 1807, established rules in 1820 and was a social event
Montreal Snowshoe Club
began in 1843, 12 men organized the club with recreational and competitive snowshoeing
summer sports in Montreal (specific sports)
Cricket (1843)
Lacrosse (1856)
Biking (1878)
Montreal amateur athletic association (who, why what did it start)
run by businessmen who had professional skills to run the organization, created the pyramid structure in Canadian sport
what is amateurism
governing authorities created “amateur codes” to control who could participate based on class and race
origins of amateurism
began in the late 1870s in the USA, more focused on payment and less on class structure
it is the absence of professionalism
amateurism in Canada
- affluent in upper class who could afford sports
- competitive sports payed players and it became an issue
- other rules/ regulations were created (explicitly saying black Canadians weren’t allowed to compete)
what happened to the AAAC
- grew incredibly quickly and became highly competitive
- control of almost all sports
- athletes would be paid but pretend to be amateur
charges and rules in sport
- paid refs not allowed to play
- suspensions of amateur code was violated
- goal was to abolish professionalism
the athletic war
- 1907-1909
- MAAA vs. CAAU
- disagreement on rules about amateurs being allowed to play with or against pros
- MAAA trying to withdraw from CAAU
history of pro hockey
- IHL in 1904 between small towns in US and Northern Ontario
- Stanley cup was competed for in 1905
- NHA founded in 1909 and signed contracts by 1910
- 1911 changes to enhance sports entertainment value and a $5000 salary limit per team
history of NHL
- pacific coast hockey adopted Stanley cup in 1914
- WHL joined in 1921
- expansion into USA by NHA in 1917 and then turned into NHL
- PCHL and WCHL were sold to the NHL in 1926
early Canada (what did they have in terms of culture)
competing ideas of notion-hood with diverse culture and diverse languages
British North America and 19th century Canada
- embraced cultural connections to Britain
- competing values country wide
- confederation in 1867
confederations role in sport
- facilitate taxes and government control
- Canadians had little in common with each other
- nation building
- increase in popularity of sport
Canadian sport in 1871 (significant sports teams first)
Ontario rifle team traveled to England to compete
Canadian sport in 1871
Ontario rifle team traveled to England to compete
Canadian sport 1895 (what did it mean to the country)
- Canadian won the queens prize
- met with major Canadian cities upon return
- victory was celebrated as nationalism by politicians
modern Olympic Games
- commenced in 1896
- structure created for competition, sport, and nation-hood
- opportunity for countries to demonstrate superiority
- creation of national sporting icons
hockey in the late 1800s to early 1900s
- first formalized rule-based match recorded in Montreal in 1875
- by 1900 most countries played hockey
- Canada donated a trophy in 1893
governments connection to sport
- safeguarding public order
- maintaining health and fitness
- promote economic development