This is a ban on alcohol (whereby it is illegal to purchase, make or consume).
What is Prohibition?
100
This was the three word nickname given to Canada that was seen on many Canadian immigration posters in Europe in early 1900.
What is the "Last, Best West"?
100
He was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Who was Sir John A. Macdonald?
100
This was also called the "horseless carriage".
What is the car?
100
This was the reason the little girl from the film "Strangers at the Door" was not permitted to stay in Canada.
What is an eye ailment?
200
This is the change from small-scale farming and businesses to larger-scale businesses, such as manufacturing.
What is industrialization?
200
He was Minister of the Interior from 1896 to 1905 and was therefore responsible in helping to get immigrants to settle in Western Canada.
Who was Clifford Sifton?
200
He developed Marquis wheat, which was one of the greatest contributions to farming on the prairies.
What was Charles Saunders?
200
His invention, the telephone, revolutionized communication for people around the world.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
200
This is the term given to change or improvement in society.
What is social reform?
300
This is the adoption by a minority culture of the customs and language of the majority.
What is assimilation?
300
Examples of this would include peace, employment, and farming opportunities.
What are pull factors?
300
He was Prime Minister of Canada in 1900 - and the first Prime Minister of French background.
Who was Sir Wilfrid Laurier?
300
This invention was described as a new craze in transportation that was much cheaper and cleaner than horses and easier to park. Because it was rather affordable, one in twelve people had purchased this invention at the turn of the century.
What is the bicycle?
300
This was the name given to the palatial home of Sir Henry Pellatt, which boasted 50 rooms, 30 bathrooms, a bowling alley, and 52 telephones.
What is Casa Loma?
400
This is the term given to factories in which the working conditions included overheating and poor ventilation. Employees working in these factories often worked extremely long hours and experienced significant physical risk on the job.
What is a sweatshop?
400
In 1903, immigrants from this country were forced to pay a "head tax" of $500, a staggering amount of money in those days.
What is China?
400
This social class of people set the morals and manners of the early 1900s.
Who are the upper class?
400
This was the title of the first "movie" - which lasted only a matter of seconds, but had people at the turn of the century struck with amazement.
What is "The Kiss"?
400
This one's for you, Riley: It actually stated in Canadian law in the early 1900s that idiots, lunatics, criminals and this segment of society were not allowed to vote.
Who are women?
500
This is the belief that one's own race or group is superior.
What is ethnocentrism?
500
This immigrant group is often credited with paving the way for multiculturalism to flourish in Canada.
Who are the Ukrainians?
500
This social reformer convinced the newly organized Humane Society (which protects animals) to also campaign for the welfare of children.
Who was John Kelso?
500
It was in this Canadian province (at Signal Hill) that inventor Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio message sent across a long distance. HINT: This province had not yet joined Canada yet in 1901!
What is Newfoundland?
500
This is what the Spanish term "divertida" means in English (as in "La historia es divertida"). I hope I spelled everything properly, Jose!