Terms
Push Factors
A reason for leaving your home country.
British Home Children
Between 1867 and 1924, 100,00- children were sent to Canada by ships and train, sometimes on their own hoping to join Canadian families.
Name two machines that helped make farming wheat so widespread.
- Steam powered tractors replaced horses and oxen.
- Binders to harvest wheat.
- Mechanical threshers (separated grain from stalk).
In order for Canada to expand it needed...
People
Pull Factors
A reason for moving to a new country.
Internal Migration
Movement of people within a country from region to region.
Who was Wildred Laurier?
The Prime Minister of Canada from 1896-1911. He oversaw a period of great migration.
What did the homesteaders living on the prairies have in common?
Came from a variety of ethnic groups.
Most worked from sun-up to sun-down.
Knew their neighbors worked hard.
Nearly everyone farmed wheat.
The advertisement of free land in Canada was not offered where?
In Quebec
Pacifists
People who do not want to fight in wars or serve in the military.
Immigrant
Someone that moves into a new country.
What was Isaac Barr's goal for the Canadian west? Why was the Barr expedition a disaster?
He thought the west should be filled with English speaking Anglicans.
He didn't plan the expedition. Ship could only carry 900 people, but he had 2684 people. No rail transport had been organized (after arriving in St.John). Immigrants lost most of their luggage. Had to travel with few supplies by ox cart, but many didn't know how to drive oxen.
List two markers the highlight the Francophone's presence in the west.
- Streets and parks with French names.
- Mark left on land by early Francophone farmers (long narrow, houses near water).
- Missionaries
- Businesses
Give two examples of a push factor
A natural disaster or religious persecution
Marquis Wheat
Called the "discovery of the century" because it ripened quickly and opened new areas for farming.
Emigration
Refers to someone that leaves his or her home country.
Who was Clifford Sifton?
The minister of the interior. He convinced people to immigrate to Canada.
List and describe some events/needed things for Canada to grow.
- Western Canada needed workers for farms and industries in order to expand.
- People were eager to move to Western Canada, this was driven by church groups, private companies, and the government.
- Laurier was successful in increasing immigration to Canada because he doubled the amount of railroad available to move people.
Give two examples of pull factors
Red Fife Wheat
Used by early farmers. It made excellent flour, but it ripened late.
Faced discrimination when they arrived in Canada.
In Canada, they would be able to avoid military service.
In Canada they could teach their children in their own schools.
What PUSH factors caused the Hutterites to seek refuge in Canada?
In Russia- persecuted for their beliefs in pacifism.
US-spoke German (language of the enemy). Hutterites refused to fight so Americans took their cattle/sheep.
Which two groups left Russia to avoid persecution for being pacifists?
The Doukhobors and Hutterites