People to Know

Question 1

Sir John A. MacDonald

Answer 1

“Father of Confederation”

Question 2

Louis Riel

Answer 2

• Led the Metis Resistance
• Was an American citizen at the time of his death
• Negotiated the Manitoba Act

Question 3

Nellie McClung

Answer 3

• Against conscription
• Prohibition of alcohol (it’s evil!)
• Famous Five
• Helped women gain the right to vote

Question 4

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Answer 4

Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, FLQ Quebec Unity Crisis, Oui et Non

Question 5

Justin Trudeau

Answer 5

Trudeaumania returns. He’s been able to connect with young people in the way previous PMs couldn’t.

Question 6

John Diefenbaker

Answer 6

Bill of Rights

Question 7

George Etienne-Cartier

Answer 7

Led Parti Bleu of Canada East

Question 8

Jacques Cartier

Answer 8

Voyaged to Canada 3 times. Reported abundant resources in 1534. In his second voyage his treatment of the Stadaconians was disastrous.

Question 9

General James Wolfe

Answer 9

Sailed from England in 1759 to conquer Nouvelle-France. Attacked against French General Marquis de Montcalm. Won the battle of the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759 against the French. Seven Years War.

Question 10

General Marquis de Montcalm

Answer 10

Was a French general. Lost against Wolfe. Seven Years War. Led the French soldiers.

Question 11

David Suzuki

Answer 11

Is a Japanese Canadian environmentalist. Lived during WWII and was in an internment camp

Question 12

Frederick Banting

Answer 12

Discovered insulin

Question 13

Tommy Douglas

Answer 13

Universal Health Care!

Question 14

Tommy Prince

Answer 14

Aboriginal war hero. Awarded 11 medals in WWII and Korean war. From MB.

Question 15

Tecumseh

Answer 15

Led the Confederacy of the tribes that had a military alliance with the Canadian defence of its territory in 1812

Question 16

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 16

Best known as one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.

Question 17

Gabriel Dumont

Answer 17

Was the military leader for the Metis during the North-West Resistance.

Question 18

Chief Dan George

Answer 18

Was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band. Was also an actor

Question 19

Justice Murray Sinclair

Answer 19

An Anishinaabe. A part of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Committee. Submitted an action plan with a list of reforms.

Question 20

Lord Durham

Answer 20

Was sent by Britain to provide solutions in response to the Upper and Lower Canadian rebellions

Question 21

Lester B. Pearson

Answer 21

UN and Peacekeeping mentality

Question 22

Lord Selkirk

Answer 22

Also named Thomas Douglas. Used his money to help displaced Scottish farmers. Bought enough shares of HBC to gain purchase of land. Now called Selkirk Concession or Assiniboia.

Question 23

Thomas Scott

Answer 23

Was an orangeman. Was anti-French, anti-Catholic. Was executed.

Question 24

Samuel De Champlain

Answer 24

Was a French voyager who went to early Canada. He needed to make allies with First Nations to survive in Canada. He gained much beaver for France from trading. Had gone to war between the Huron and Algonquin against Iriquois. He tried to introduce God. Tried to bring more settlers to Canada

Question 25

Brian Mulroney

Answer 25

Abortion, GST, Meech Lake Accord, Free Trade and NAFTA

Question 26

Joseph Louis Papineau

Answer 26

Lower Canada. His Parti Patriote relied on newspaper Le Canadien to spread views. Believed Canadiens should decide their own future and not be governed by English-speaking minority

Question 27

William Lyon Mackenzie

Answer 27

Led the rebellion of Upper Canada. His newspaper, The Colonial Advocate, to expose injustices in Constitutional Act and Family Compact

Question 28

Isaac Brock

Answer 28

The Canadian military leader of the War of 1812

Question 29

Wilfred Laurier

Answer 29

“Canada first, Canada last, Canada always” First French PM in 1896. Laurier-Greenway Compromise of 1897.

Question 30

Arthur Currie

Answer 30

Led the First Division at Vimy Ridge. Commander-in-chief of the Canadian Corps.

Question 31

J.S. Woodsworth

Answer 31

• Arrested on “Bloody Saturday” during the Wpg General Strike
• Minister in Methodist church
• Capitalism was damaging
• Started Social Gospel
• Started the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Party (precursor to NDP)
• socialism born in Canada!

Question 32

Stephen Harper

Answer 32

Stability in tough times, apology to Indigenous Peoples

Question 33

Elijah Harper

Answer 33

The only Aboriginal Member of the Legislative Assembly in MB. Voted against Meech Lake Accord.

Question 34

Piece of shit (trump)

Answer 34

A president. Idk what Klassen wants to know

Question 35

Robert Borden

Answer 35

Prime minister. His policy of conscription. Passed the Military Voters Act and Wartime Elections Act.

Question 36

Jean Chretien

Answer 36

Unity crisis, Charlottetown Accord, Referendum #2

Question 37

Emily Murphy

Answer 37

1919, became the first woman judge in Alberta. Took matter of not being a “person” to Supreme Court 1928. A year later, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, ruled that women should be viewed as persons under the law.

Question 38

Laura Secord

Answer 38

Canadian heroine of the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles (32 km) out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack.