Immigration
African-Americans came north on the _____________________ to escape slavery.
Underground Railway
A long period of dry weather.
Drought
Home children came from families that were very ____________.
poor
What was the first thing immigrants had to do when they arrived at their new farm?
Dig a well
Leaving from one country to go to another country to live.
Emigrating
What is one reason immigrants came to Canada from China?
a) They wanted jobs building the CPR
b) They wanted to strike it rich in the gold rush.
Unfair treatment of a person or group.
Discrimination
How old did home children have to be before they could do what they wanted?
18
Although the land was cheap, which part of farming was not cheap?
Farm equipment
Opposed to fighting in war.
Pacifist
Why did Jews, Doukhobors, and Mennonites leave their homes for Canada?
To escape religious persecution.
Which two immigrant groups were treated rather unfairly?
African Americans and Asians
When home children arrived in Canada, they were placed in ___________________________.
Receiving homes
What animals were used to help plow the fields before tractors?
Property granted to early settlers to be developed into farms.
Homesteads
Who was the first minister of immigration?
Clifford Sifton
Which immigrant group was forced to pay a head tax?
Chinese
Who was the famous social reformer who started a charity in England to send poor children to homes in Canada?
Dr. Barnardo
The prairies became known as the ________________.
breadbasket
Negative opinion about a group of people, based on things such as gender, race, religion, etc.
Prejudice
In Canada's Immigration Act, they set up an ________________ policy.
Open-door
There was an outbreak of what infectious disease that affected immigrants?
Smallpox
How many British children immigrated to Canada without their parents?
100,000
Two new machines changed farming the most. Name one.
a) Mechanical thresher
b) Steam-powered traction engine
In farming, the amount of a product, such as grain, that is produced within a given time.