Treaties
Rapid Change, Police, and F.N.
National Policy & Railway Building
Impacts of Immigration
Wild Card
100
The reason Canada expanded west.
What is political decision — a deliberate plan to spur economic growth and promote settlement.
100
The type of change that happened on the prairies between 1871 ans 1921?
What is a demographic change?
100
• Promote Canadian Industry • Finish the National Railway • Settle the West
What are the three parts of John A. MacDonald's National Policy?
100
He began an advertising campaign to attract immigrants.
Who is Clifford Sifton?
100
History that is told instead of written — is a way to record information about the past and pass on knowledge to the younger generation.
What is oral history?
200
The U.S. did not negotiate treaties with First Nations, but instead conquered them in a series of wars. The cost was high, both in dollars and in lives.
Why did Canadian government want to negotiate treaties with First Nations people (compared to the U.S. approach)?
200
The event led to the creation of the Northwest Mounted Police
What is a group of Canadian and American traders had committed the massacre over an argument about some horses?
200
Macdonald’s government was accused of accepting a bribe in awarding the contract to build the railway to BC
What was the Pacific Scandal?
200
In ads to attract immigrants, Canada deliberately excluded this group.
Who are French-speaking populations, such as France, Belgium or Switzerland?
200
The process of becoming part of a different cultural group.
What is assimilation?
300
This required Canada to negotiate treaties — agreements — with the Cree, Nakoda and other First Nations living in the west, because it recognized the rights to land of these peoples.
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
300
The two things that the First Nations promised to do regarding their involvement in these Treaties.
What is they promised to share the land and to uphold peace, order and good government.
300
• We discriminated against • Were paid much less than other workers • Did some of the the most dangerous work • Many died on the job
Who were the Chinese railroad workers?
300
The reason for Bishop Grandin of St. Albert encouraging French-Canadiens to migrate to the west.
What is he wanted to protect French/Canadien language/culture/identity?
300
The reason why Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier wanted to populate the west.
What is he was worried about U.S. expansion?
400
• Thought the Numbered Treaties gave Canada ownership of the land • Did everything in writing - “if it wasn’t in writing, it wasn’t in the treaty.” • Saw the treaties as ways to assimilate
What is the Canadian Government perspective on treaties?
400
These separated children from their families, and disrupted children’s connections to their languages and traditions. They hurt many First Nations children and communities.
What are residential schools?
400
This law stated “any person of Chinese origin entering Canada must make a payment of $50
What is the Chinese head tax?
400
The reason why people already living in the west were worried.
What is they didn't know how they would fit in?
400
Immigration posters portrayed life on the prairies as being...
What is easy, paradise, idyllic, healthy, wealthy, etc?
500
• Saw treaties as agreements to share the land. • Recorded treaties in their oral histories. • Negotiated the Numbered Treaties to help their peoples adapt
What is the First Nations perspective on Numbered Treaties?
500
• kept peace in the west as the railway advanced and settlers arrived. • advised First Nations to conclude treaties with Canada’s government.
What is the role of the NWMP?
500
When the "last spike" was hammered in to complete the railway, a famous photo was taken. What groups of people are not represented in the photo?
Who are First Nations, Metis, Canadiens, and Japanese?
500
• Formed a new labour force • Created a new market for goods from the factories • Built farms and increased agricultural production
How did Eastern Europeans immigrants contribute to the west?
500
The Chinese are foreigners. When a Chinese person comes here, he has no common interest with us. He has no British instincts or British feelings or aspirations, and therefore ought not to have a vote. --Prime Minister John A. Macdonald • Macdonald's comments could best by described as being...
What is Ethnocentric, Misguided, and Presumptuous?
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