Vocabulary
A person intending to establish a home and citizenship in a country that is not their native country is a/an _________________ .
Immigrant
Cholera is a contagious disease that causes intestinal problems and dehydration.
True
The immigrant ships were often referred to as _________________, due to their filthy, overcrowded conditions.
Coffin Ships
Which demographic made up the majority of the population of Upper and Lower Canada BEFORE the migration?
Canadiens
Which of the answers below is NOT included in the Act of Union?
a)Created a legislative council that the governor appointed.
b)Made English the official language of government.
c)Combine Upper and Lower Canada into a single province.
d)All answers are correct.
d)All answers are correct.
Someone who seeks to change established rules and arrangements in society.
What is a "Reformer"?
The Mississauga people were forced off their claimed land by Europeans and eventually settled on Haudenosaunee lands.
True
Who was NOT one of the reformers in British North America?
a)William Lyon Mackenzie
b)Joseph Howe
c)John George Lambton
d)Louis-Joseph Papineau
c)John George Lambton
Why were people leaving Britain during the Great Migration?
(Three possible answers)
Machines replaced their jobs
Economic reasons
Many lost their farms
A government established in a colony and controlled by an imperial power such as Britain.
Colonial Government
To become part of a different cultural group.
Assimilate
A coalition is a general pardon.
False
The LaFontaine-Baldwin Alliance is also known as which of the following terms.
A Republic
A Reform
A Coalition
An Act
A Coalition
Which of the following describes an issue that reformers had with the Colonial Government System?
The voters elected officials to represent them in the legislative council.
There were too many direct ties to the French monarch.
The governor of the colonies had too much control over who voters chose to vote for.
The elected assembly could only make suggestions to the legislative council, which they could ignore.
The elected assembly could only make suggestions to the legislative council, which they could ignore.
A system of government in which citizens elect those who rule them.
Democracy
A coalition is an _________________ among different groups.
Alliance
Immigration is leaving one's country to establish citizenship and a home in another country.
False
Emigration is leaving one's country to establish citizenship and a home in another country.
In a democracy, ______________ elect(s) the people who have decision-making authority.
Voters
Which of the following best describes Lord Durham's perspective about Canadien people in Lower Canada.
a)He saw them as allies that could help the English in their struggle against the First Nation.
b)He saw them as a problem and that they stood in the way of a united British North America.
c)He admired their ability to adapt to English laws and customs, he wished the English could be more like them.
d)None of the above.
b)He saw them as a problem and that they stood in the way of a united British North America.
The Act of Union was based on which report?
The Durham Report
An Anglophone is a person whose first language is ________________ , and a Francophone is a person whose first language is ________________ .
English, French
The cholera epidemic, brought over by immigrants from Britain, affected both Upper and Lower equally.
False
__________________, was the name of a reformer in Lower Canada. Some say he didn't support a violent rebellion.
Louis-Joseph Papineau
There were three recommendations made by Lord Durham when investigating why the rebellions had taken place. Which one is NOT one of those recommendations?
a)Union of Upper and Lower Canada
b)More Democratic Government
c)Assimilation of the Canadiens
d)More First Nation consultation
d)More First Nation consultation
In a democracy, ___________ elect Assembly Members to __________ them.
voters, represent