What are the first four provinces of Confederation?
100
navvies
What was the name of the railway workers?
100
Americans thought they had the God-given right to expand their territory.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Louis Riel was the leader of this in 1870
What is the Red River Resistance?
100
This organization wanted Ireland to be free of British rule.
What is the Fenian Brotherhood?
200
Sir John A. Macdonald
Who is the first prime minister of Canada?
200
Port Moody, B.C.
What was the last stop of the CPR in British Columbia?
200
The United States of America invaded Upper Canada.
What is the War of 1812?
200
Recruits had to be of sound mind and body.
What is the North West Mounted Police?
200
The Roman Catholic Church was the last organization to publicly apologize.
What is the residential school system?
300
This province joined in 1870.
What is Manitoba?
300
were paid $1/day
Who were Chinese Railway workers?
300
The purpose of this act was to dissuade people from helping runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
300
The execution of this railroad surveyor caused Louis Riel to flee to the U.S.
Who is Thomas Scott?
300
Prime Minister Macdonald lost his job because of his decision to award his friend the very lucrative railway contract.
What is the Pacific Scandal?
400
Joined Confederation in 1871.
What is British Columbia?
400
The president of the CPR during the 1880s.
Who is Sir William Cornelius Van Horne?
400
If found guilty, one would be fined or sent to prison.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
400
Although living in the United States at the time, he returned to the Prairies to lead a rebellion.
Who is Louis Riel?
400
The Chinese workers were treated differently (worse) than white workers based on their race.
What is racism?
500
Joined in 1873 after promised an $800 000 loan.
What is Prince Edward Island?
500
Metis and other First Nation Groups were not happy when the Canadian government attempted to move them off their land for the railway and they fought back.
What is the North West Rebellion?
500
The Americans felt the land was free and it would help with the over-crowding.
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
Survivors of the residential school experience would be paid for their pain and suffering.
What is the Common Experience Payment?
500
The Canadian government tried to make the FNMI culture more like the white culture.