French English relations

Question 1

what was Maurice Duplessis’ Fortress Quebec mentality?

Answer 1

agricultural way of life

Catholic church guiding the province

Question 2

what changes did Jean Lesage introduce to Quebec?

Answer 2

modernizing

Question 3

Jean Lesage

economic

Answer 3

manufacturing

hydroelectric

Question 4

Jean Lesage

political

Answer 4

separation of church and state

Question 5

Jean Lesage

social

Answer 5

education expanded

Question 6

when was the Royal Commission of Bilingualism and Biculturalism?

Answer 6

1963

Question 7

recommendations in regard to bilingualism

____________ and _______ should be bilingual

Answer 7

New Brunswick / Ontario

Question 8

recommendations in regard to bilingualism

students should have the chance to ________________

Answer 8

study in either languages

Question 9

recommendations in regard to bilingualism

more _____________ in government

Answer 9

French Canadian

Question 10

recommendations in regard to bilingualism

in Quebec, French should be the first language of ____________________ and ___________

Answer 10

government, business, and workplace

Question 11

who led Parti Quebecois and when was it formed?

Answer 11

Rene Levesque / 1968

Question 12

what were the beliefs of Parti Quebecois?

Answer 12

proposed sovereignty through political means; opposed terrorism

Question 13

when was the official languages act

Answer 13

1969

Question 14

major happening under Trudeau

what did Trudeau guarantee the government would do?

Answer 14

speak both languages

Question 15

major happening under Trudeau

what would federal money be used for?

Answer 15

to promote bilingualism

Question 16

major happening under Trudeau

who did Trudeau pledge to provide government jobs for?

Answer 16

French Canadians

Question 17

major happening under Trudeau

what was English Canadians’ reactions to the French treatment?

Answer 17

resented the special treatment of the French

Question 18

what was the effect of the October crisis of 1970?

Answer 18

may have stopped separatist terrorism but it also left French Canadians deeply suspicious of the federal government

Question 19

who proposed and passed Bill 101?

Answer 19

the newly elected Parti Quebecois and Levesque led government in 1977

Question 20

which Bill did Bill 101 expand and what was the effect?

Answer 20

Bill 22 from 1974; asked to make French the sole official language in Quebec

Question 21

Bill 101

what were the rights given to each citizen of Quebec?

Answer 21

right to speak French in all government related ministries
right to speak French in deliberative assemblies
right to operate in the workplace in French
right of consumers to be served and informed in French
right to be educated in French

Question 22

when and what was the referendum?

Answer 22

1980- the culminating event of the French Separatist movement

Question 23

what was the belief of the Proposed Sovereignty Association?

Answer 23

independent politically and connected economically

Question 24

what was Trudeau’s opinion on the referendum?

Answer 24

campaign against

Question 25

what was the result of the referendum in 1980?

Answer 25

60% no 40% yes

Question 26

why did provincial premiers meet in Ottawa and work towards a compromise?

Answer 26

they were fearful of giving up provincial power

Question 27

what were the reactions of Trudeau and Levesque?

Answer 27

Trudeau- unwilling to waver | Levesque- fighting for provincial power

Question 28

Night of the Long Knives | why did Jean Chretien go door to door in the hotel in the middle of the night?

Answer 28

with his compromise

Question 29

Night of the Long Knives | all the premiers signed except ________- why?

Answer 29

Levesque who was sleeping in Hull

Question 30

Night of the Long Knives | Trudeau was forced to __________

Answer 30

sign the compromise

Question 31

Night of the Long Knives | why did Levesque awaken to betrayal and disbelief?

Answer 31

the Constitution is going ahead without Quebec

Question 32

what happened on December 2, 1981?

Answer 32

Parliament moved to repatriate the Constitution

Question 33

when was the Constitution signed by the Queen?

Answer 33

March in 1982

Question 34

when did Trudeau step down and who became the new Prime Minister?

Answer 34

1984; Brian Mulroney

Question 35

what did Mulroney vow to do?

Answer 35

end the bitterness between English Canada and Quebec of the Constitution crisis

Question 36

proposals of the Meech Lake Accord | Quebec be recognized as a _____________

Answer 36

"Distinct Society"

Question 37

proposals of the Meech Lake Accord | provinces could opt out of federal programs if _____________

Answer 37

they created their own parallel services

Question 38

proposals of the Meech Lake Accord | provinces could give say on ______________

Answer 38

Supreme Court appointments

Question 39

proposals of the Meech Lake Accord | changes to Canada's courts or creation of provinces would require _______________

Answer 39

all provinces to agree

Question 40

proposals of the Meech Lake Accord | Quebec could control its own ______________

Answer 40

immigration policy

Question 41

what did many groups led by PET think about the Meech Lake Accord?

Answer 41

it would cause Quebec to have too much power and the provinces to gain too much ability to interpret federal law

Question 42

who killed the Meech Lake Accord and how?

Answer 42

Elijah Harper; waited out the deadline

Question 43

who did Elijah Harper represent?

Answer 43

the native peoples in Manitoba

Question 44

when was the deadline for the Accord?

Answer 44

June 23, 1990

Question 45

who founded le Bloq Quebecois and when?

Answer 45

Lucien Bouchard; 1991

Question 46

what was le Bloq Quebecois?

Answer 46

Quebec's voice in the federal party

Question 47

the Charlottetown Accord | how did Quebeckers view the defeat of the Meech Lake Accord?

Answer 47

as a snub of Quebec's place in Canada

Question 48

the Charlottetown Accord | polls in 1991 showed that ____ of Quebec wanted sovereignty

Answer 48

2/3

Question 49

the Charlottetown Accord | Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa made a proposal to change the Constitution- what would the failure of this mean?

Answer 49

a referendum on sovereignty in Quebec

Question 50

the Charlottetown Accord | which Prime Ministers led the "yes" and "no" sides on sovereignty in Quebec?

Answer 50

Mulroney yes; Trudeau no

Question 51

the Charlottetown Accord | what right did the Accord add to the Meech Accord?

Answer 51

the right to natives to be self governing

Question 52

the Charlottetown Accord | when was the Accord blocked- what was the poll?

Answer 52

October 1992; 54.4% voted no

Question 53

the Charlottetown Accord | what was the result of the failure of the Accord?

Answer 53

Quebeckers were upset and natives were angered

Question 54

Referendum 1995 | who led the second referendum on Quebec Sovereignty?

Answer 54

Jacques Parizeau

Question 55

Referendum 1995 | when did Quebeckers vote again and what was the result?

Answer 55

October 1995; 50.6% voted no

Question 56

when did the Clarity Act take place?

Answer 56

2000

Question 57

rulings made by the Supreme Court in 1999 | Quebec did not have the right to ______________

Answer 57

unilaterally separate from Canada

Question 58

rulings made by the Supreme Court in 1999 | who would Quebec would have to negotiate with to achieve independence?

Answer 58

the federal government, the nine other provinces, and the native peoples

Question 59

rulings made by the Supreme Court in 1999 | negotiations could only begin after a ________ with a _______________

Answer 59

referendum / clear question and clear majority outcome