Treaty
How many numbered treaties are there in Canada?
11
The Indian Act is a still law in Canada. True or False?
True
The first Prime Minister of Canada was...
John A Macdonald
The passengers aboard the Komagata Maru were largely from which region?
Punjab, India
The name of the Chinese-Canadian man trained in law who supported his community through legal support.
Won Alexander Cumyow
What treaty number is Regina in?
Treaty 4
Was the Indian Act was created before, during, or after the numbered treaties were signed?
DURING: The first treaty was signed in 1871 and the last was signed in 1921. The Indian Act was signed in 1876.
What year did Canada confederate?
1867
Explain why immigration was occuring from China and India.
Economic hardships, opportunity, Canadian government initiatives for labor (Chinese), part of the British Empire (Indian)
The Red River Resistance would lead to what result in Ottawa?
Signing of Manitoba Act
Where was treaty six signed?
Fort Pitt, Fort Carlton
This 1885 event during the North-West Resistance involved the killing of nine settlers and heightened fear and tensions on the Prairies.
The Frog Lake Massacre
East/West Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Explain 2 main differences between the Immigration Act and the Chinese Immigration Act
1906/1923, one for all immigration/specifically Chinese immigration
Explain the cause and effect of scrip.
The Manitoba Act would promise land to Metis, scrip was created, scrip would limit ability for Metis to get the land later leading to displacement of Metis communities
Starvation, sickness/medicine
Name two ways a Status Indian could lose their status.
Explain the Bessemer process and how it supported Canadian industrialization.
Explain the head tax. (How much was it, why was it started, how was the money used?)
Obstacle to Chinese immigration, $500 at the maximum, used to fund health inspections and an administration which would track and surveille Chinese immigrants.
Who was Thomas Scott? Why is he significant?
He was a Protestant living in Manitoba who opposed Riel, was executed- leading to Riel's exile
Name three of the chiefs who would sign Treaty 6.
The Indian Act was designed to control and oppress Indigenous people. Give three examples of how the Indian Act controlled Indigenous people:
Controlled movement (pass system), economy (permit pass), politics (banning lawyers), land development (greater production effort), etc.
Why would the development of fossil fuel extraction be beneficial to Canadian industrialization?
Where would the Komagata Maru port and how long would they be there?
Vancouver Harbor, two months
The owner of the 'Bar U Ranch' in Alberta who was key in developing ranching in the west.
Fred Stimson