Canada
Who served as the first Prime Minister of Canada?
John A. McDonald
What was the primary mode of transportation for Indigenous people? And why was it the best?
Birchbark Canoe
1929-late 1930s
What were the world wars?
A war invoking many large nations in all different parts of the world.
What case did the famous five win?
The Persons Case of 1929
Why did John A Macdonald want to build to connect Canada? and why?
Canada Pacific Railway. (CPR)
Increase trade between colonies, transporting troops, national unity!
What were two forms of Indigenous housing?
Tipi
Wig Wam (Long Houses)
TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
When was WWI?
1914 - 1918
The "Persons Case" was a landmark legal challenge launched by five prominent women in which province?
Alberta!
What is Canada's Capital City?
Ottawa
Numbered
When did the Great Depression end? Why?
Late 1930
Due to WWII
When was WWII?
1939-1945
What court did rule that women are persons?
Privy Council in London, England, which was then Canada's highest court
______. _____________ happened because two parties in the Canadian colonies had equal votes and can't agree.
Political Deadlock
Residential Schools were what?
Residential schools were government-sponsored religious schools that were established to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture.
What was a dust bowl during the great depression?
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms and drought that devastated the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. It resulted from a combination of factors, including drought
Factories across Canada were used to make planes, tanks ______ for the war.
Weapons
What did the famous give challenge the Supreme Court on?
They successfully challenged the legal definition of "person," paving the way for women to be appointed to the Canadian Senate.
What was the primary mode of transportaton before automobiles (cars)?
Horses
Horse drawn carriages
What are reserves?
Setting apart land for the use and benefit of First Nations and Indigenous peoples.
What was the Great Depression mainly caused by?
A severe stock market crash on October 24, 1929
The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of ___________.
The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Name all 5 of the famous five ladies?
Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Irene Parlby, and Louise McKinney.