Key Issues
What does political deadlock mean?
When decisions can't be made because the opposing sides have equal voting power.
BNA means
British North America
Name the famous person we studied who was active in the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who was excluded from Confederation until 1982?
First Nations
What were the 4 provinces that joined Confederation in 1867?
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
The reason many people immigrated from Ireland to Canada.
What is the great potato famine/Irish famine?
These provinces were formerly known as Upper and Lower Canada
What is Ontario and Quebec
The Fenians were this nationality
What is Irish?
What act did Britain pass that affected the First Nations?
The Indian Act
The date we celebrate as Canada Day.
What is July 1st.
The building of factories and industry is called this.
What is industrialization?
How did Canada convince the Maritimes to join Confederation?
They promised to take over the costs of building a railway.
The city where our federal government is seated.
What is Ottawa?
What do they call the plots of land that the indigenous people were made to live on?
Reservations
The name for the cause of the mass migration in the west
What is the Gold rush
Who was not consulted during the conferences regarding confederation?
Women, indigenous people, Metis, people of colour
(basically anyone who was not a white male)
Which provinces major industries were fishing and boat building?
The Maritime Provinces (PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland)
What is mixed race?
The place where indigenous children were taken away from their families and forced to go to learn the European way of life
What are residential schools?
What economic problem did PEI faced prior to joining Confederation?
Railway building loans/debt.
How would Confederation protect Canada from American annexation?
Establish a big nation to defend itself
This province was called the "postage stamp" province
What is Manitoba?
The government employed workers from this country to build the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The Piikani, Kainai, Siksika are all part of this confederacy.
The Blackfoot Confederacy
This person has been named the founding father of Manitoba (after formerly being charged with treason and executed)
Who is Louis Riel?