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Canada
This year marked the official creation of Canada as a country
What is 1867?
He was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Who is John A. Macdonald?
These were negotiated agreements between the British Crown and Indigenous Peoples from 1871 to 1921.
What are the Numbered Treaties?
This railway helped connect Canada from east to west.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
When political parties cannot agree on a decision this is called....
What is political deadlock?
This meeting in 1864 was the first major conference leading to Confederation.
What is the Charlottetown Conference?
This leader of the Métis led both the Red River and North-West Rebellions.
Who is Louis Riel?
This was created in 1876, and gave the government control over many aspects of Indigenous life.
What is the Indian Act?
This group of people, worked under dangerous conditions to build the railway.
Who are Chinese railway workers?
This is what we call the growth of factories and industries.
What is the industrial revolution?
These were the first four provinces to join Confederation.
What are Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia?
This person was known for being an Underground Railroad conductor.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This system, introduced in the late 1800s, forced Indigenous children to attend schools far from their families.
What are residential schools?
The railway was completed in this year.
What is 1885?
This became the main reason for why Canada wanted to expand westward.
What is the threat of American Expansion?
This document officially established the Dominion of Canada.
What is the British North America Act?
Anne Brown, Mercy Anne Coles, Lucy Cuvillier and Lady Agnes Macdonald
Who are the Mothers of Confederation?
The Métis fought for their land rights in these two rebellions.
What are the Red River and North-West Resistance?
What was the title of the famous picture depicting the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
What is the Last Spike?
In 1999, this was the last area to join Canada.
Who is Nunavut?
These were two "pros" that provinces identified as reasons to join confederation.
Defense and Sharing Resources
This person was instrumental in convincing French-Speaking citizens of the benefits of joining Confederation.
Who is George Etienne Cartier?
This person led the Mississaugas of the Credit to their current location.
Who is Peter Jones?
These men experienced racial discrimination and exploitation as they attended to passengers aboard the trains.
Who were the black porters?
The act of being freed from oppression, like enslavement.
What is emancipation?