Pop culture
When did gameshows become popular?
1950s
What was the most popular city for immigrants to settle in?
Ontario
What year did the Inuit gain the ability to vote?
1950
What field of knowledge/study did the French Canadian Nationalists bring with them to help transform Quebec into a secular, interventionist state?
Sciences and social sciences
Which war convinced Canadians that the U.S was a shield for common values and security?
The Cold War
What music style was developed in the 1950s that catered towards teenagers?
Rock and roll
What is the term that was applied to the women that soldiers married overseas and brought home to Canada?
War Brides
What did an Indigenous person with status have to do to be able to vote?
Give up their status
What form of economics were francophones against changing in the 1950s?
Taxation
What country does Canada send troops to in 1950 due to a UN mandate?
Korea
Who was the musician that garnered massive popularity in the 1950s with 8 number one singles in 2 years?
Elvis Presley
Roughly how many immigrants came into Canada between 1945 and 1960?
In response to Indigenous parents, what did the federal government give to Indigenous communities?
Off-reserve schooling
French Canadians started to try to separate from Canada in the 1950s into the 1960s. How many attempts have there been at this point?
2
In 1957, the Soviets launch Sputnik. What organization do the U.S and Canada make in response?
NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command)
What were women encouraged to be in the 1950s?
Housewives
Which country was responsible for the surge of immigrants to Canada in November of 1956?
How many residential schools were operational throughout the 1950s?
76
What did the French Canadian Nationalists decide to boost to make sure that there were enough francophone people prepared to assume control over a modern secular society?
Modernization of education
Which massive Canadian debate between the Liberals and the Conservatives happened in 1956 in regards to the U.S?
The Pipeline Debate
What did children in the 1950s receive more of than children of previous generations?
Schooling
What is a restriction that immigrants had that affected their working lives?
They were unable to follow their previous profession or job
What did the revision to the Indian act in 1951 change?
Allows practice of religion
Land claims could be taken to court
Women gained the right to vote in band council elections
What were the French Canadian Nationalists called during the 1950s?
Neo-Nationalists
Which crisis did Lester B. Pearson win a Nobel peace prize for utilizing the first UN peacekeeping force to de-escalate?
The Suez crisis