Social Chapter 9

Question 1

How did fort whoop-up get its name?

Answer 1

It got its name from American Whiskey traders who crossed into Canada to trade liquor for firs and buffalo robes, and hunt wolves

Question 2

Why was the North West Mounted Police created?

Answer 2

They were worried about the violence in fort whoop up

Question 3

What were the North West Mounted Police there to do?

Answer 3

• Show the United States that they controlled the territory
• Shield the aboriginal peoples from American outlaws
• Help newcomers to adjust the frontier
• Keep the peace between First Nation and the newcomers
• Clear out whisky traders
• Arrested law breakers
• Delivered mail
• Fought grass fires and assisted new farmers
• fought in the second uprising

Question 4

Explain the Cypress Hill Massacre

Answer 4

A group of American solders thought that the Nakoda people had stolen their horses. They ambushed the Nakoda camp and murdered 36 men, women, and children

Question 5

What was the Great March?

Answer 5

Police recruits were sent to cypress hills after the massacre. But, the horses died, food supplies ran low, and they got lost. Fortunately they were rescued by Metis guides

Question 6

How did Lethbridge, Edmonton, and Calgary start out?

Answer 6

As a police fort

Question 7

What was the national policy made to achieve?

Answer 7

A transportation policy~ to build a railway across a continent

Immigration policy~ to encourage farmers to populate western Canada

An economic policy~ to build a strong national economy for Canadians

Question 8

Why did Canada want to build the transcontinental railway?

Answer 8

To link British Columbia
Transport resources
Bring immigrants

Question 9

What are some upsides to the southern route?

Answer 9

The land was flatter
Coal deposits near Lethbridge
Close to the border
Lots of profits
Good for farming

Question 10

How did they get the money to fund the railway?

Answer 10

They raised money from investors and the government provided it in grants

Question 11

What were the problems that the workers faced?

Answer 11

During the summer: Mosquitos, and flies
Winter: bitter cold
Slept in piles of hay infested with fear and rats. Their means we’re salt pork, corned beef, molasses, beans, and tea

Question 12

What was the impact of the railway?

Answer 12

It would bind British Columbia

Bring many newcomers to farm

Question 13

What conditions did the Chinese immigrants live in?

Answer 13

Lived in tents had bad food

Had to pay

Question 14

How did Canada mark the border?

Answer 14

Every 1.6 kilometers they planted an iron post, about every every 5 kilometers they built a low mound of earth.

Question 15

How was the transportation policy reached?

Answer 15

They made a railway to bring resources, bind British Columbia, and bring many newcomers to farm

Question 16

How did the surveyors divide the land?

Answer 16

Surveyors divided the land into large chunks called townships
Each township was divided into 36 squares called sections
Each section was divided into four quarters section (64 hectares)

Question 17

What was the dominions land act?

Answer 17

Any head of a family could apply for land. So could any male over 21 years old. They cost 10$

Question 18

Explain the newcomers from Ontario?

Answer 18

The government wanted to attract people to the nwt. Farmland was scarce

These people were already from Canada
Came because farmland was scarce

Question 19

Explain the arrival Mennonites?

Answer 19

They didn’t want to fight in war so they were invited to come to Canada with religious freedom.

They were invited
They were from Russia

Question 20

Explain the Iceland immigrants?

Answer 20

They came to Canada because of a volcanic disaster the ash was poisoning cattle and crops

The climate was harsh
Many died

Question 21

How Canada achieve the immigration policy?

Answer 21

The invited many people to come and farm and live in freedom

Question 22

How Canada not fulfill its treaties with the Aboriginal people?

Answer 22

Most land assigned to the First Nations was not good for farming
They didn't receive equipment
The were not given instructors
Prevented from buying machinery
Couldn't sell their crops

Question 23

How did Canada achieve the economic policy?

Answer 23

The put taxes on things coming into the country so they would have to but the cheaper Canadian product.

Question 24

What are some good things about the tariff?

Answer 24

New manufacturing industries created jobs

Canada’s industry needed help and the tariff would bring the money in to help

Question 25

What were some bad things about the tariff?

Answer 25

The tariff made foods mor expensive

Farmers paid more for their tools and equipment

Question 26

What were some impacts of the national policy?

Answer 26

Grain replaced fur
Pouches fields instead of buffalo
Railway replaced the canoe
The government neglected the Metis 
Many newcomers were unfriendly