Metis Issues
The Metis leader - central figure in the Red River Rebellion
Who is Louis Riel?
The group of migrants who built the Canadian Pacific Railway
Who are Chinese immigrants
1886
What year was Canadian Confederation?
The country that was threatening to take over Canada around the time of Confederation
What is the United States
The houses people built out bricks of grass and mud on the prairies
What are soddies?
The Provisional Government
What is the name of Louis Riel's Government?
Extreme cold, heights and risk of being injured by explosives
What are the difficulties and dangers Chinese workers faced when building the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Political, economic and geographic
What were the 3 main motivations for confederation?
Metis and Indigenous people
two groups not included in Rupert's Land negotiations
Important group of immigrants in Alberta who stuck together
River lot system
What was the Metis farming system?
A $50 tax designed to restrict Chinese immigration to Canada after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railwa
What was the Chinese Head Tax?
Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec
What four provinces made up Canada at confederation?
The bison
What is an important source of food for Indigenous people?
Chinese railway workers faced this from other Canadians
What is discrimination?
A system of money certificates issued by the Canadian government to get rid of Métis Aboriginal title to land in Manitoba
What is the scrip system?
17000
What is the number of Chinese labourers who took part in building the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Historic meeting which set the foundation for Canadian Confederation
What was the Charlottetown Conference?
1885
What year was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?
Metis people felt threatened by ___________ and stepped on their chain.
Who are land surveyors?
Opposed the provisional government led by Louis Riel
Who was Thomas Scott?
Wheat, immigrants and manufactured goods
Craigellachie, British Columbia
What was the location of the last spike driven for the Canadian Pacific Railway?
The Hudson's Bay Company
Who owned Rupert's Land before it was sold to Canada?
Guarantee of bilingual rights (English and French) in government and separate Catholic schools
What were Louis Riel's demands?