UNIT 1: #3 Laurier Flashcards
How many years had the conservatives controlled by the time that Laurier was elected in 1896?
20 years
What was the 1890 Manitoba Schools Act ?
schools not connected to any church and english only
How did Laurier compromise for the Manitoba
Schools Act?
1) roman catholic students receive roman catholic instruction for part of a school day
2) french speaking teachers provided where 10 or more students spoke french
Reactions of Canadians to Laurier’s compromise later on- English vs French
1) English speaking majority wanted all english schools as a way to anglicize new immigrants
2) French wanted to promote french language interests and were allowed to instead set up non government funded, french speaking schools
English vs French interests in the Boer war. What did they do?
Split them
1) British wanted to go to help Britain
2) French french were against because it reminded them of what the British did to them
Laurier’s solution to Boer War, 3
1) sent volunteers instead of forcing people to go
2) paid money for ships to send soldiers to South America
3) created navy for ww1 corvettes destroyers and cruisers
Reactions to Laurier’s Boer War solution
English vs French
1) English nationalists thought it was unpatriotic to Britain
2) French nationalists thought Laurier helped too much
Describe the Naval Issue
1) Britain and Germany were in a race to have the best military in the world
What was Laurier’s solution to the naval issue?
1) Canada would build its own navy, controlled by Canadian government
2) Canadian navy put under control of Britain in states of emergency with the approval of CGov
Describe conflicts with Laurier’s solution to Naval Issue- English vs French vs Conservatives
1) English want Canada to give money to Britain for their navy
2) french don’t want to provide Naval service to Britain at their disposal because Canadians could be sent to fight Britain’s imperialist wars
3) Conservatives thought the money should go directly to Britain instead of building a navy bc patriotism
Define “reciprocity”
free trade
Who supported reciprocity?
1) liberal party led by Laurier: agreed with farmers
2) the west: farmers want free trade so they can get cheaper farm equipment
Who was against reciprocity?
1) conservatives and some liberals: go against Laurier because reciprocity meant cheaper American goods that could put Canadian manufacturers/railways out of business
2) East: this is where the manufacturers were, who profited off the west buying from them
Why did the conservatives win the 1911 election?
1) they made the public think reciprocity would allow America to take over Canada, made everyone hate Americans even more
What was Laurier’s response to the demand for reciprocity
allow free trade between canada and america. Canadian farm/primary resource products in america would be tax free, america equipment would have lower taxes for farmers in Canada
