Places
What is the Border West of the Great Lakes?
49th parallel
Their job was to make people follow the law + keep the peace
order the following:
Red River Rebellion, Dominion Lands Act, National Policy
First- Red River Rebellion
Second- National Policy
Third- Dominion Lands Act
What three things were needed to use the land captured in the West?
1) a transportation system to reach the resource
2) a population to harvest the resource
3) an economy to nurture the new resource industry
Everyone loved the NWMP
False, there were mixed emotions (pg. 201)
Cypress Hills Other's Name + How did it get this name?
Whoop-Up Country
Whiskey traders from the US came through here and caused trouble (killed the FN dogs)
local guide and interpreter who helped the NWMP whose FN name was Ky-yo-Kosi (Bear Child)
Jean Potts
Order
Men bought land, land was surveyed, women bought land
land was surveyed, Men bought land, women bought land
What was the goal of building the transcontinental railway?
bring British Columbia into Confederation and keep the Americans out
John A MacDonald made a policy was called "Nationalism Policy"
False, it was called the "National Policy"
What are the 4 forts called which were established after the Great March?
Fort Edmonton ( present day Edmonton),
Fort Macleod (present day Lethbridge)
Fort Walsh in Cypress Hills,
Fort Brisebois (present day calgary)
He convinced Chief Isapo-Muxika (Crowfoot) to stop a dangerous confrontation and allow the track on the reserve; as a reward, the CPR gave him a lifetime pass on the railway.
Father Albert Lacombe
order of people coming to North-West & why did they come
Mennonites from Russia, Icelandic immigrants, immigrants from Ontario, Chinese workers
Chinese workers- to work
immigrants from Ontario- little farmland in Ontario
Mennonites from Russia- religious freedom
Icelandic immigrant- fleeing volcanic disaster
Which population of first Canadian citizens were mistreated and how?
Faced with a shortage of workers, the CPR employed about 17 000 Chinese workers to help build the railway in the mountains between 1881 and 1885. The work here was so hard and so dangerous that no one else would do it.
The northern railway route was rejected
True, the southern route was kept because it had more advantages
How does a map of Canada in 1873 compare to Canada in 1882?
demarkation of provinces beginning, more people in the West, railway!
opposed the protective tariff
Most industry was in Ontario and Québec. Westerners and Maritimers had few industries. They had to pay higher costs even though they got no benefits
Place in Alberta that was advantageous for the steam railway
Coal deposits near Lethbridge, Alberta, could provide fuel for the steam engines
Example of how the government did not fairly treat farmers across different cultures
The government let the Mennonites farm collectively. It allowed the Icelanders to keep their own laws. It did not allow the First Nations to keep their own laws or farm collectively (they needed passes to move around + prevented from buying tools)
Praire residents were happy about the railway
False, pg.206
A Resident of the Prairies: It’s not fair: the railway company received so much land for free while we have to struggle. • A Prairie Farmer: The CPR charges us far too much to ship our crops. And the government won’t let any other railway build lines into Western Canada. Without competition, the CPR can charge whatever it likes!
doubled population by 1891 (2 places)
By 1891, Manitoba and the North-West Territories had a population of 281 000. This was more than double what it had been 10 years earlier. (This includes 30 000 First Nations people.)
BC opinions on the Railway
A British Columbian: The railway brought us into Confederation!
A BC Logger: We’ll sell more lumber. They need lumber to build houses in the new prairie towns.
A _____ is a tax placed on a product crossing the border. This tax adds to the cost of the product. The product becomes more expensive.
A protective tariff is a tax placed on a product crossing the border. This tax adds to the cost of the product. The product becomes more expensive.
Surveyors followed established farm borders when developing townships
False, The surveyors did not follow any of the established farm borders, which were patterned like farms in the seigneurial system