OH! So many new Immigrants!
New Country, Here we Come!
It is not so peachy here...
Everyone is Welcome
Important Terms
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The role of these people was to attract people to come to Canada's west.
Who are immigration agents?
1
These many immigration agents were sent to Britain to attract more British people to Canada
What is, more than 200 agents?
1
At this time, this is how work was when people lived on a homestead.
What is, difficult/hard?
1
This group of people helped many new immigrants with how to farm on Canadian land and deal with cold winters.
Who are the First Nations people?
1
This term is the lands on which people settled, farmed, and built their homes.
What is, Homestead?
2
The name of the man who was in charge of increasing immigration in Canada
Who is, Clifford Sifton?
2
The creation of these two things did not attract as many people as Canada had hoped.
What is, the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) and NWMP (North West Mounted Police)?
2
Immigrants faced this new challenge as they came to Canada (natural disasters).
What is, extreme climates/weather?
2
Many people believed that it would be impossible for newcomers to do this to Western society.
What is, to assimilate?
2
This is the term that was used to call the place that is now partly Ukraine and Poland.
What is, Galicia?
3
The two characteristics of settlers that Clifford Sifton was looking for.
What is, Farmers and people used to colder climates?
3
These are 3 reasons why Northern and Eastern Europeans were targeted to become immigrants in Canada.
What is:
1) An opportunity for people to own land (cheap land offered)
2) Most people were skill tradespeople
3) Those who came directly from Europe were a little more well-off than others. (They had money)
3
This extreme climate dealt with high winds, often ruining everything in its path. Alberta also has had many of these.
What are, tornadoes?
3
Many groups of people were worried they would not be able to fit into their new society. This group of people wore more Western clothing to be like other Canadians but still wore their traditional, religious head wrapping.
Who are the Sikhs?
3
This was the nickname given the Alberta, because of how many Ontarians moved to the west.
What is, "Rural Ontario West"?
4
Sifton sent immigration to these specific areas in the world.
What are European regions and Galicia?
4
These people were more focused on attracting Francophone settlers from Quebec, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and parts of the USA.
Who are, Priests?
4
This was a problem for most communities during the long winter.
What is, communities were isolated and lonely?
4
Some people believed that newcomers would not fit in because of these 4 reasons.
What is:
1) Colour of skin
2) Languages
3) Traditions
4) Ways of Life
4
These people were discriminated against because with their religion they believed that war and fighting were unjust.
Who are, pacifists?
5
This is how much Sifton paid shipping companies for each farmer that came to Canada.
What is $5?
5
These are the 5 groups of people that Clifford Sifton and the Canadian government targeted as immigrants to Canada. (1 point per correct answer)
What is:
1) British
2) American Farmers
3) Francophone settlers
4) North and Eastern European
5) People looking for Religious Freedom
5
It was extremely hard to work on clearing the land, because of this.
What is, the heavy root system?
5
What is, a Mosaic?
5
What is, Propoganda?