quiz on unit 2 Flashcards
who were the British imperialists? what did they believe?
the English Canadians. they thought that Canada should be apart of the expansion of the empire and that they would be protected within the empire. some believed that English should be Canada’s only language and protestant be the only religion.
French Canadian nationalism was changing. what were the 4 things that changed?
- Wanted Ottawa to respect provincial jurisdiction.
- Questioning political ties that tied Canada to the British Empire.
- they wanted Canada to have greater autonomy. They were against Canada’s involvement in the Empire’s wars.
- Defend language and religious rights.
who were the boers and what was the Boer war?
the UK had colonies in south Africa. the boers were the colonists who settled there. they are now referred to as the afrikaners. they are the majority of the white population of South Africa.
the war began because there was a lot of gold there and the British wanted to get it. this started the war. the British called Canadas to help. the imperialists supported this but the French Canadian nationalists opposed it. they opposed it because they didn’t think it was Canada’s problem to deal with. 7000 volunteers ended up going to help.
what was immigration policy?
what were the strategies to support this?
laurier government
the Canadian economy began to benefit from MacDonalds national policy.
the government focused on immigration mainly in western Canada. the strategies to support this are publishing brochures, posters in many different languages, opening immigration offices around Europe, giving free land to immigrants and paying immigrants passage to come to Canada.
where were the immigrants that came to Canada coming from?
in the early 20th century, 1/3 of the immigrants in Canada were from the USA and 1/3 was from the united kingdom.
1/3 was mostly Europeans of various origins as well as other immigrants fewer in number from different regions in the world especially Asia.
what were the 2 provinces created in 1905?
Alberta and Saskatchewan
why was there tension between the immigrants in western Canada and the English Canadian population? what did the Canadians do to the immigrants? give 2 examples of this.
they were xenophobic. the English Canadians feared that the rise in immigrants would threaten their own culture. the Canadian government added taxes that increased over the years for the asian immigrants to come. they also put a limit on how many of them can come per year.
only 400 Japanese immigrants were able to come per year.
there was a 100$ tax that was increased to 500$
how did the Chinese and Japanese immigrants settle?
they settled together in neighbourhoods so they can continue to perceive certain traditions.
the new industrial sectors led to the use of something new. what was it?
this was energy sources like hydroelectricity. this is electricity generated through water.
there were several factors contributed to industrialization what were they? (there are 5)
- Laurier kept MacDonalds policy (national policy) of high customs duties on imports.
- Influx of immigrants provided abundant labour source and increase in demand for manufactured products.
- Development of wheat cultivation in western Canada generated wealth for the whole country- wheat became the leading export.
- Foreign trade with the USA and UK increased
- WW1 led to the development of a war industry. Munitions factories…
what were the effects of the Canadian immigration policy?
the arrival of immigrants changed Canada demographically(population) and territorially. Migration flows to western Canada had an impact on the organization of the territory.
there was a distribution of land which led to an increase of agricultural land.
what was something the the Canadian government put in place to stop many immigrants from coming to Canada?
taxes like 100$ head tax and 400 person limit later on.
connect the second phase of industrialization with national policy.
Laurier kept macdonalds national policy of high customs duties on imports. this was connected to the second phase of industrialization because theyneeded to use the resources from canada so they wouldn’t have to pay the customs duties. they were using many raw materials from canada.
what change did the French Canadian nationalists want?
they wanted different things including the Boer war.
what did the Canada government offer for immigrants to come?
they offered land.
