Immigrant Groups
Polish immigrants settled the Prairies, creating homesteads and helping to develop mining and forestry industries.
This ocean lies to the North of Canada.
Arctic Ocean
What are PUSH and PULL factors? Define and list an example of each.
PUSH: Factors that PUSH people to leave their home country.
PULL: Factors that PULL people to a new place to live because of good opportunities.
Examples:
Push - persecution, war, slavery, lack of jobs or land, disease, famine
Pull - jobs, land, money, religious freedom
In 2006, what notable action did the Canadian government take?
The government apologized for the the Chinese head tax and Exclusion Act as it was a horrible act of discrimination and injustice against the Chinese.
What were the push factors that Mennonites experienced?
They faced religious discrimination and military conscription from the US during the American Revolution.
This province is the smallest of Canada's islands.
Prince Edward Island.
Jewish immigrants sometimes worked as these before establishing their own businesses.
Peddlers.
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Explain using evidence.
A call for European immigrnats (Polish, Mennonites) to settle the prairies and take advantage of free and inexpensive land to build homesteads on.
List three negative conditions the Chinese faced while working on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- Dangerous conditions (handling explosives)
- Lack of medical care
- Poor living conditions
- Poor wages ($1-$2.50 per day)
This province contains both an island and part of the mainland.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Describe what was implemented between 1885 and 1923.
Head Tax
A fee that Chinese immigrants had to pay to enter Canada between 1885 and 1923.
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Explain using evidence.
Head Tax
Chinese immigrants were forced to pay $50-$500 to enter Canada. This is a form of discrimination.
This immigrant group made an important contribution in Quebec.
Jewish immigrants established Montreal's garment industry as part of their contributions to Canada.
Chinese Immigrants mainly settled in this city and province.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Name and describe a key term we learned that discriminates against a certain group of people.
Anti-semitism. This word describes the hate and prejudice Jewish peoples experienced due to their religion.
Name someone you learned about who was affected by the Head Tax. How were they affected?
Shack Jang Mack
He frequently traveled between China and Canada and was affected by the Head Tax, having to pay money to enter Canada. He sought an apology and compensation from the government, which occurred in 2006, after Mack's death.
These immigrant groups often associated with their own communities and created their own societies such as Landsmanschaften.
All of them!
Jewish - landsmanschaften
Mennonite - avoided associating with those who weren't Mennonites
Polish - formed communities with nearby Polish who also established homesteads
Chinese - worked together to create Chinatowns to support other Chinese
Name the immigrant groups that settled in Manitoba.
Polish and Mennonites.
What is the Exclusion Act?
Introduced in 1923, this act prevented Chinese immigrants from entering Canada and, for many, reuniting with their families.
How would the Indigenous see the settling of immigrants in the Prairies?
Indigenous peoples would see this as taking away the land they used to hunt and live off of, disrupting their traditional way of life. They would not support the government offering free and inexpensive land as it was originally stolen from them.