Important Figures
The current Prime minister of Canada's father.
Pierre Trudeau
The word used to describe Canada's birth as a country in 1867
Confederation
This was a period of time where Quebec sought to modernize and secularize itself.
Quiet Revolution
The name given to the wild support for Prime Minister Trudeau.
Trudeaumania
A TV personality turned politician.
Rene Levesque
The support of Canadian confederation in opposition of Quebec separatism.
Federalism
The name given to when two Canadian diplomats were kidnapped in 1970
the October Crisis
The name of the capital of Yukon
Whitehorse
Originally from the U.K., he was kidnapped by the FLQ.
John Cross
Separatism
In response to the October Crisis, Pierre Trudeau enacted this..
The War Measures Act.
The name of the man most credited for Canada's health care system.
Tommy Douglas
He was minister of labour in Quebec and killed by the FLQ
Pierre Laporte
A word used to describe pride in a country
Nationalism
This was held in 1980 to determine the role of Quebec in Canada.
Referendum
The name of the Prime minister between Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien
Kim Campbell
he served had two careers in Quebec politics. One in the 1970s and one in the 1990s.
Robert Bourassa
The authority of a state to govern itself.
Sovereignty
This nearly ended Canada in 1995.
Second referendum on Quebec sovereignty.
The name of the longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history
William Lyon Mackenzie King