BNA Act
What day was the BNA Act signed?
July 1st, 1867
Who led the Métis?
Louis Riel
What do we call the set of rules in response to the economic crisis of 1873?
The National Policy
What are two things women could not do in the 19th century?
What do we call the group of people who wanted to create Canada?
The Great Coalition
What was created as a result of the Red Rived Rebellion?
Manitoba
Who introduced the National Policy?
John A. Macdonald
What job did educated women had in the 19th century?
Teachers
What type of government did the BNA Act create?
Federal Government
What did Residential Schools do to Indigenous children? [10 letter word]
Assimilate
Tariffs/Customs
What is it called when young farmers left to go to the United States?
Which two territories decided not to join Canada?
Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
What was created to force Indigenous people onto small pieces of territory?
Indian reserves
What was the goal of building the Transcontinental Railway and increasing immigration?
Colonizing western Canada
Why did we experience the rural exodus?
Scarcity of land/Agricultural crisis
What were the three steps towards the BNA Act? [Name them in order]
1. Charlottetown Conference
2. Québec Conference
3. London Conference
In recent years, whose statue has been vandalized because of the Indian Act?
John A. Macdonald
Where did the people who built the railway come from?
China
Name two reasons why Québec's population continue to grow despite the rural exodus.
1. High birth rates
2. Transatlantic immigration