Red River Chapter 7
Leader of the Metis during the Red River Resistance
Louis Riel
The Northwest Resistance ended at this battle
What is the Battle of Batoche?
These two provinces were created out of the North-West Territories in 1905
What are Saskatchewan and Alberta?
Term used to describe the process of economic change from agriculture to manufacturing.
What is industrialization?
Agreements made between the Canadian government and First Nations in the West from 1871 to 1921.
What were the numbered treaties?
Brought into Confederation in 1870
Manitoba
Leader of Canadian forces at the Battle of Batoche
Who was General Frederick Middleton?
Settlers looking for free land in the Canadian west were offered this.
160 acres of free farm land
This event occurred in the Yukon in the late 1890’s, which help spur mineral exploration and the development of the mining industry in Canada.
What was the Klondike Gold Rush?
The primary legislation governing Indian affairs, passed in 1876.
What was the Indian Act?
This action by the Dominion government spurred the Metis toward rebellion.
Who was the military commander at Batoche?
Who was Gabriel Dumont?
This quasi-military force was formed to assist with the transition to settlement of the Canadian West.
Who was the NWMP?
An event that occurred in Manitoba as an example of labour unrest.
What was the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919?
A worldview in which European-based cultures and traditions are viewed as superior to other cultures and traditions.
What is Eurocentrism?
The execution of this individual inflamed English opinion in Ontario against Louis Riel and the Metis
Who is Thomas Scott
In the aftermath of the Resistance, many Metis were deprived of the land they were supposed to receive through their scrip. Many of these dispossessed became known by this name.
Who were the "Road Allowance People?"
PM Sir Wilfred Laurier’s Minister of the Interior who did much to help with the settlement of the Canadian West.
Who was Clifford Sifton?
One of the social reform movements of the early 20th C.
What was either:
The temperance Movement
Suffrage
Social Gospel Movement
Many aboriginal students suffered abuse in this system of education.
What was the residential school system?
Led by Dr. John Schultz, this group was made of Protestant Orangemen from Ontario that demanded the sale of Rupert’s Land to Canada.
Who are the Orangemen?
The Northwest Resistance of 1885 took place primarily in this present-day Canadian province.
What is Saskatchewan?
This legislation was passed to impose a “head tax” on Chinese immigrants in the hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration to Canada.
What is the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885?
Farmers formed these to pool their costs and purchase expensive equipment.
Term referring to granting Indians the right to vote.
What was enfranchisement?