Key events and People
Laborers and leadership/financiers
What were the main positive impacts of the Canadian Pacific railways?
the main positive impacts of the railways were:Transportation of goods and resources and fast transportation from coast to coast
What were the two main construction challenges in building the Canadian Pacific railways?
Rocky terrain and Harsh weather/working conditions
What group of around 15,000 workers helped build the Railways?
The Chinese workers
The Canadian Pacific railway was made to connect what country coast to coast?
Canada
Which groups of immigrants were forced to build the railways?
Chinese and European immigrants
True or false:Economic gains were not shared equally among workers with very little amounts going to the people who actually built the railways.
Which type of mountains made building the Railways so difficult?
The Rocky Mountains
Which group of workers got paid more than the Chinese workers?
The European workers
What province was promised a railway when they joined confederation?
British Columbia
Who were the main leaderships and Financiers?
John A MacDonald and William Cornelius Van Horne
True or False: the Canadian Pacific railways went into the united states
True: the Canadian Pacific Railway passes through Detriot,Chicago and minneapolis
What did workers use to blast tunnels through mountains?
They used dynamite/explosives
Unlike European workers the Chinese workers had to pay for their own stuff like?
food, clothing and equipment
The Canadian Pacific railways encouraged people to settle in what region of Canada?
The Praries
What year did the North West Resistance happen?
Which group of people's land was taken to build the Canadian Pacific Railway?
The Indigenous people
What winter conditions often stopped work and delayed railway construction?
Snowstorms, heavy snow and below freezing temperatures
What is the name of the fee that was introduced in 1885 to discourage Chinese immigration?
The Chinese head tax
One reason to build the railways was to strengthen what between Eastern and Western Canada?
National Unity
Who was involved in the 1871 political scandals?
Sir Hugh Allan
What two diseases did the Canadian Pacific railway allow to travel through Canada?
Measles and the Whooping cough
Which group of workers often performed the most dangerous jobs and were paid less than other labourers?
The Chinese immigrants/laborers
Originally in 1885 the Chinese head tax was $50 then in 1903 it increased to what?
$500
The Canadian Pacific Railway helped Canada maintain control over these western territories and reduce influence from what neighbouring country?
The United States