ACTIVITY 2
What were major changes in the cities?
Urbanization & Industrialization
What is the Chinese Head Tax?
A fee for Asians who wanted to immigrate to Canada because they weren't known as good farmers.
What was the purpose of the Indian Act?
to assimilate Indigenous culture
Why did Canada participate in the Boer War?
loyal to Brittan, prove national identity
what is the time stamp of this unit?
1890-1914
Why did many immigrants start coming to Canada?
Clifford Sifton/he want most west because America envision and to occupy land
Why were Europeans treated differently than Indigenous, Black people, & Asians?
need of farmers
What is a union + name one
organizations to fight for the rights of the working class
Who & where did Brittan fight in the Boar war? + why
they fought the Dutch in south africa becasue the area rich in gold
What did the upper class and lower class do for jobs?
upper class - land owners
lower class - land workers
What were working conditions in the factories like?
harsh, little money, exploitation
many farmers quit to work in factories
What are the main reasons people came to Canada?
Promised land, a job, safe environment, protection from discrimination, hunger, or war, escape persecution
What were some ways Indigenous peoples resisted assimilation?
protests
practice culture more publicly
How did Canada’s involvement in the British Empire affect its national identity?
shaping its politic views, culture, religion and sense of independence
What religions were the English and French?
englih - Protestants
french - catholic
How do the working roles for women and children differ from today?
Women needed to provide for families but wage gap
Child labor (girls stitch & boys clean/fix +message)
How were Black and Indigenous Canadians treated during this period?
indigenous - assimilation,
black - systematic racism
How did residential schools affect Indigenous children and families?
assimilate, abuse, malnutrition, death, feeling disconnected
How did this period set the stage for Canada’s future independence?
less depended on brittan, ready for wars with navys
Who was excluded from the treaties?
the Metis because they weren't considered Indigenous
What is industrialization? + Did Canada benefit from it? + How?
The development of industry, primarily manufacturing, on a very wide scale.
many changes to Canada - slums/poverty, less of difference in social class, more food available
What were some challenges immigrants faced upon arriving in Canada?
discrimination stuff, language barriers, ukraine/no close knit communites
Why is it important to learn about this part of Canadian history?
no repeats, reconcillionzation
What were the differing views of English and French Canadians on imperialism?
religion (the schools)
culture
reasons for confederation
Political deadlock, Railway from East to West was needed, American expansion, Great Britain wanted to cut some ties, Cancellation of the Reciprocity Treaty, Expansion into the West