Turn of the Century

Question 1

Clifford Sifton

Answer 1

populates west as Laurier’s Minister of the Interior, makes prairies diverse

Question 2

Boer War

Answer 2

war between dutch settlers and Britain in South Africa

Question 3

Montreal population 1912

Answer 3

500, 000

Question 4

Laurier’s compromise of the Boer War

Answer 4

allowed Canadians to volunteer to fight

Question 5

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

Answer 5

petitioned to ban alcohol and get women’s franchise

Question 6

A new ___ nation is being born

Answer 6

urban

Question 7

The problems of poverty

Answer 7

same as industry revolution in Europe - long hours, little pay, children working in industries, dangerous work conditions. Tenement housing, Garbages, diseases, running water. Heat- using coals

Question 8

Reciprocity

Answer 8

free trade agreement between US and Canada, nationalists reminded Canadians about manifest destiny

Question 9

What made fisherman in Cape Breton into miners

Answer 9

coal

Question 10

Canadian imperialism

Answer 10

ties to England must be preserved, supporters of the British Empire

Question 11

Distance from Chilkoot Pass Summit to Dawson City

Answer 11

500 miles

Question 12

Frank Oliver

Answer 12

replaces Clifford Sifton as Minister of Interior - doesn’t want non-white immigrants, especially Asians and Slavics

Question 13

Manitoba schools question

Answer 13

abolishing french schools and Roman Catholic school funding

Question 14

Percent of economy controlled by less than 100 people in Montreal

Answer 14

⅔

Question 15

Bourassa called the Boer War what

Answer 15

British Imperialism

Question 16

The path that immigrants to the Goldrush had to cross

Answer 16

Chilkoot Pass

Question 17

Manitoba premier believes women should not get franchise because they would be a

Answer 17

menace

Question 18

Who does Nellie Moonie meet

Answer 18

Annie McClung, who influences her beliefs

Question 19

Canadian nationalism

Answer 19

led by Bourassa, see Canada as an emerging nation, Canada is unique and should pursue its own course outside of British influence

Question 20

Number of Chinese immigrants to build the CPR

Answer 20

15, 000

Question 21

Number of new immigrants in 1905

Answer 21

1, 000, 000

Question 22

Adults are not expected to live past

Answer 22

50

Question 23

What does government do to stop immigration

Answer 23

head tax with a starting of 50 dollars

Question 24

Who is discouraged by the lack of non-French speaking immigrants in western Canada

Answer 24

Bourassa

Question 25

Continous Passage Act

Answer 25

East-Indian immigrants coming to Canada couldn’t stop once on their journey (not possible), work-around was to start from somewhere that wasn’t India (Komagata Maru)

Question 26

What does affordable electricity ignite

Answer 26

industrial boom

Question 27

Laurier boom

Answer 27

high demand of Canadian products, the population of prairies increased turning it into the bread basket of the world, leading to manufacturing expansion in the east, more immigrants came to Canada which stimulated economic growth

Question 28

Diphtheria

Answer 28

fully one-third of babies died before first birthday

Question 29

Youngest child workers

Answer 29

9 years old working 12 hours

Question 30

Oliver’s immigration policy

Answer 30

mainly targeted Asian immigrants, restricting Chinese, Japanese and East Indian immigration.

Question 31

Canada’s dependency on Britain changed

Answer 31

Boer war and The Naval Issue caused it

Question 32

W. L. Clay thought Canada would be stronger with what

Answer 32

exclusion of Chinese

Question 33

Alaska boundary dispute

Answer 33

Canada believed that the Alaskan Panhandle was theirs, tribunal with US, Britain, and Canada held with 3 Americans, 2 Canadians, and 1 British judge, Britain votes against Canada to avoid angering America

Question 34

Laurier promises 2 new provinces

Answer 34

Alberta and Saskatchewan

Question 35

Adam Beck

Answer 35

creator of the largest electrical company

Question 36

What did new immigrants receive

Answer 36

160 acres of farmland

Question 37

Dr. Thomas Freul says Canada is the dumping ground of the what

Answer 37

the world

Question 38

Bourassa’s grandfather

Answer 38

Louis Joseph Papineau

Question 39

James Dunsmuir

Answer 39

Lieutenant Governor of BC who didn’t sign a bill banning Japanese immigrants because he wanted cheap labour

Question 40

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Answer 40

led the Royal Commission to investigate the Vancouver riots and property damage

Question 41

Tailors strike hour change

Answer 41

59/week → 49/week

Question 42

Guilliano Marconi

Answer 42

invents telegraph

Question 43

Where did some homesteaders work

Answer 43

railroad and mines

Question 44

James Woodsworth goal

Answer 44

assimilation

Question 45

1898 Dawson City population

Answer 45

30, 000

Question 46

Wilfred Laurier compromises

Answer 46

independent Canada linked to Britain by common goals

Question 47

Increase of immigrants in a decade

Answer 47

2, 000, 000

Question 48

First French Canadian PM

Answer 48

Wilfred Laurier

Question 49

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 49

invents telephone, also created Silver Dart

Question 50

What were immigrants confident in that could organize workers into unions

Answer 50

Socialists

Question 51

Asiatic Exclusion League

Answer 51

rioted in Chinese and Japanese sectors of the city

Question 52

Rise of unions

Answer 52

1833 Combination Act made unions illegal, workers could now be fired arbitrarily, between 1880 and 1910 10% of workers join illegal unions, led to John A. Macdonald repealing the union laws

Question 53

Naval Service Act of 1910

Answer 53

Britain ordered navy home after the German naval race, Canada was lent 2 outdated ships: HMS Rainbow and HMS Niobe, Canada was creating its own navy that Britain could use if needed (tin pot navy)

Question 54

Number of Chinese railway workers that died for each mile of track

Answer 54

1

Question 55

Trip from Seattle to Skagway

Answer 55

8 days

Question 56

Manitoba Act

Answer 56

created an English-only school system which was a violation of the act When Macdonald refused to intervene on behalf of French-Canadians in Manitoba, Quebecers voted in favour of Laurier and the Liberals

Question 57

What do western farmers organize into

Answer 57

farm co-ops, becoming a political force