Railway
This Prime Minister promised to build the railway in 1871
Who is Sir John A. Macdonald?
The railway helped people do this across Canada more easily.
What is Trouble
These agreements were made between 1871–1877.
What are the Numbered Treaties?
Many workers came from this country in Asia.
What is China?
These workers were employed on trains in Canada
Who are Black sleeping car porters?
The railway was completed in this year.
What is 1885
These two cities depended heavily on the railway.
What are Winnipeg and Vancouver?
The government used treaties to gain this.
What is land?
These workers faced unfair pay, dangerous conditions, and racism.
Who are Chinese workers?
They helped passengers by carrying this.
What is luggage?
This major project started in 1881 and connected Canada.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
The railway made this economic activity faster
What is trade?
Indigenous Peoples were forced onto these.
What are reserves?
Thousands of these workers helped build the railway and many died.
Who are Chinese workers?
They worked trips lasting about this many hours.
What is 72 hours?
This province joined Confederation partly because of the railway promise.
What is British Colombia
The railway helped new ______ and cities grow.
What are towns?
As the railway expanded, this important food source was killed off.
What is buffalo?
After the railway, this act limited Chinese immigration.
What is the Chinese Immigration Act?
They were not allowed to do this with passengers.
What is sit with them?
This rebellion required the railway to move troops quickly
What is the North - West Rebellion
The railway helped the government do this more easily.
What is move troops/control the country?
The treaties allowed farming and railway building without full ______.
What is Indigenous consent?
Workers also came from this other region besides China.
What is Europe?
This was the name of their union.
What is the Order of Sleeping Car Porters?