Modern Canada Flashcards
Why Postwar Canada enjoyed record prosperity and material progress?
- The free markets policies were implemented (insect of Protectionism)
- The discovery of oil in Alberta (new energy industry )
- Canada drew closer economics ties with the United States
How the Canadian Standard of living increased in the Postwar Era?
- In 1951, for the first time, a majority of Canadians were able to afford adequate food, shelter and clothing
- The Canada Health Act
- Unemployment insurance (now called “employment insurance”)(1940)
- Publicly funded education is provided by the provinces and territories.
What consequence had the Cold War in Canada international cooperation?
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD).
- United Nations (UN)
What is the Quiet Revolution?
- Quebec experienced an era of rapid change in the 1960s
- Many Quebecers sought to separate from Canada
- The movement for Quebec sovereignty gained strength but was defeated in a referendum in the province in 1980
- defeated in a second referendum in 1995
What legislative change cause the Quiet Revolution? and organization ?
- Official Languages Act (1969)
- Canada helped found La Francophonie
- Constitution was amended
What was the Official Languages Act (1969)?
guarantees French and English services in the federal government across Canada.
what was La Francophonie ?
- international association of French-speaking countries.
that Canada helped to create
Who wasn’t allow to vote in the Postwar Era? (Canada)
- In 1948 the last of these, the Japanese- Canadians, gained the right to vote
- Aboriginal people were granted the vote in 1960
- Today every citizen over the age of 18 may vote.
GREAT CANADIAN DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS:
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier
- Sir Sandford Fleming
- Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward
- Reginald Fessenden
- Dr. Wilder Penfield
- Dr. John A. Hopps
- SPAR Aerospace / National Research Council
- Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie
who was Alexander Graham Bell?
- the idea of the telephone at his summer house in Canada.
who was oseph-Armand Bombardier?
- invented the snowmobile, a light-weight winter vehicle.
who was Sir Sandford Fleming?
- invented the worldwide system of standard time zones.
who was Matthew Evans and Henry Woodward?
- together invented the first electric light bulb and later sold the patent to Thomas Edison who, more famously, commercialized the light bulb.
who was Reginald Fessenden?
- contributed to the invention of radio, sending the first wireless voice message in the world.
who was Dr. Wilder Penfield?
- pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal, and was known as “the greatest living Canadian.”
