Section 2&3 Flashcards
How did Laurier promote immigration in Canada.
-advertising Canada
-free passage on ship
-free land in the west
Where were most immigrants from
-United Kingdom
-USA
Eastern European countries
Due to immigration being high what was created(2) and in what year
-Saskatchewan, Alberta
-1995
What are examples of xenophobia(2) with dates
-Chinese head tax 1900
-Japanese limited immigration 1908
What are reduction in rights regarding French becoming minority in provinces(2)
-Manitoba abolishes French schools 1908
-Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario English only language of instruction with only little tolerance for French
(Caused friction between Ontario and Quebec)
The policy of the residential school system continued(3)
- indig forced from their homes by fed gov into schools to get assimilated
-horrible conditions
-mortality rate 5 times higher than normal