Confederation
The year Canada became a country
1867
Government slogan to attract settlers to the prairies
The Last Best West
Tax used to limit Chinese immigration
Black community in Halifax destroyed in the 1960s
Africville
What law gave the Canadian government control over many aspects of Indigenous life?
The Indian Act
Two main reasons colonies joined Confederation
What are trade and defense?
Minister who promoted prairie immigration
Clifford Sifton
1923 law banning most Chinese immigrants
the Chinese Immigration Act
City's reasoning for the removal of Hogan's Alley in Vancouver
Blight
Ceremony banned under the Indian act
The Potlach
Purpose of the Canadian Pacific Railway
To unite Canada
Region where most settlers came from
Eastern Europe
Law requiring immigrants to come to Canada without stops
the Continuous Journey Act
The program under the National Housing Act that caused the destruction of both Africville and Hogan's Alley
Urban renewal.
Schools meant to "kill the Indian in the child"
Residential schools
Provinces that joined first besides Ontario and Quebec
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Amount of free land granted to certain settlers
160 acres
Ship that turned away from Vancouver in 1914
Komagata Maru
Woman who resisted segregation in a movie theatre
Viola Desmond
Animals over hunted to weaken Indigenous self sufficiency
Bison
John A Macdonald
Main hardship new settlers faced
Harsh climate
Group that pushed to stop Asian immigration
Asiatic Exclusion League
What event in 1907 targeted Asian communities in Vancouver?
The Anti-Asian Riots.
The reason that the Indian Act specifically targeted Indigenous women
Matriarchal