Louis St Laurent and John Diefenbaker

Question 1

St Laurent’s Domestic Policy

when did St Laurent lead Canada?

Answer 1

during post war economic boom

Question 2

St Laurent’s Domestic Policy

name examples of social welfare being expanded

Answer 2

family allowances and old age pensions extended
fund post secondary education
created early form of hospital insurance

Question 3

St Laurent’s Domestic Policy

name examples of massive public infrastructure projects

Answer 3

Trans-Canada Highway
St Lawrence Seaway
Trans-Canada Pipeline

Question 4

St Laurent’s Government

when and why was the British North America Act amended?

Answer 4

1949- allow limited powers for Canada to amend its own Constitution

Question 5

St Laurent’s Government

what did the Supreme Court of Canada replace in 1949?

Answer 5

British Privy Council

Question 6

St Laurent’s Government

when did Newfoundland join Confederation?

Answer 6

1949

Question 7

St Laurent’s Government

what was the point of Canada Council for the Arts?

Answer 7

foster and promote the study of enjoyment of and the production of works in the arts

Question 8

St Laurent’s Foreign Policy

what did St Laurent advocate for the establishment of and when?

Answer 8

NATO; 1949

Question 9

St Laurent’s Foreign Policy

what did Canada contribute to the Korean War (1950-1953)?

Answer 9

Canada sent 30 000 troops; 500 killed, 1200 wounded

Question 10

Trans-Canada Pipeline Controversy

what led to energy shortages?

Answer 10

Canadian population booming in the 1950s

Question 11

Trans-Canada Pipeline Controversy

why was the Trans-Canada Pipeline proposed by government?

Answer 11

to deliver gas from Alberta eastward to Quebec

Question 12

Trans-Canada Pipeline Controversy

what was construction difficult through?

Answer 12

the Canadian Shield

Question 13

Diefenbaker’s Domestic Policy

what pensions did Diefenbaker raise the monthly amount of?

Answer 13

old age pensions

Question 14

Diefenbaker’s Domestic Policy

name examples of job creation in recession (1960)

Answer 14

winter works programs, crop subsidies, wheat to China

Question 15

Diefenbaker’s Domestic Policy

what “firsts” did Diefenbaker appointed to the government in terms of just society?

Answer 15

first female cabinet minister and Aboriginal senator

Question 16

Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision”

what was involved in this “vision”?

Answer 16

mining, oil, etc

Question 17

Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision”

who did Diefenbaker give the right to vote?

Answer 17

Status Indians

Question 18

Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision”

what was the recession?

Answer 18

high cost, low demand

Question 19

Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision”

what happened to the vision project?

Answer 19

it was abandoned

Question 20

Diefenbaker’s “Northern Vision”

who did the vision create problems for?

Answer 20

Aboriginal peoples

Question 21

Bill of Rights (1960)

what did national unity based on equality lead to?

Answer 21

“unhyphenated Canadianism”

Question 22

Bill of Rights (1960)

name examples of legal protections

Answer 22

freedom of speech and religion
protection of the law without discrimination
right to life, liberty, security

Question 23

limitations to Bill

was the Bill Constitutional?

Answer 23

no, Parliament could change

Question 24

limitations to Bill

did the Bill have to be adopted at provincial level?

Answer 24

no

Question 25

limitations to Bill

what happened as a result of courts not taking it seriously?

Answer 25

judges applied it to existing rights but did not use the Bill to expand rights or strike down laws

Question 26

Diefenbaker’s disappointments

name examples of the economy suffering?

Answer 26

enough exports; too many US imports

Canadian dollar devalued to 0.925 US

Question 27

Diefenbaker’s disappointments

why did Diefenbaker cancel the Avro Arrow project (1959)?

Answer 27

$12M per plane

believed modern warfare would be fought by missiles not jets

Question 28

Diefenbaker’s disappointments

what did Diefenbaker do with the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)?

Answer 28

did not go along with US request to arm Bomarc Missiles with nuclear warheads

Question 29

Diefenbaker’s disappointments- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

which party was split on the issue and what was the result?

Answer 29

the Conservative party; called election

Question 30

Diefenbaker’s disappointments

who won the election due to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Answer 30

Pearson’s Liberals won a minority