The Expulsion
Schools
Culture
Definitions
Long Answers
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Who kicked the Acadians out?

The British!

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What grade/age did Acadians stop going to school?

Grade 8 / Age 12

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Who was the girl in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem?

Evangeline

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Expel (expulsion)

To kick someone out

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How as school for the Gaelic similar to school for the Acadians?

- left early (Grade 8)

- left for chores

- one room school house

- had to speak English (not Gaelic or French)

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Where did they kick them out from?

Nova Scotia!

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Why did Acadians stop going to school?

To help with chores

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What colors are on the Acadian flag?

Blue, white, red.

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Assimilate

To force one group to be like another

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How did the railroad help connect Acadian people?

- They could send letters more easily

- Visit each other more easily

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How many people were kicked out?

15000

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What was a disadvantage for Acadian children in school?

They only spoke French / They had to learn in English

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What is the Acadian motto?

We are stronger together!

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Resist

To fight against

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How was life unfair for Acadians AFTER the expulsion?

- Moved to poor land

- School system (had to learn English)

- Couldn't get jobs

- Had to live on land with poor soil

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Where did they go?

United States

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What is the name of Nova Scotia's French University?

Sainte Anne

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What was the name of the first Acadian newspaper?

Evangline

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Resilience

Toughness, the ability to bounce back

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How does the story of Evangeline help bring Acadians together?

- It gave them a symbol of hope

- A story of two people coming together, beating the odds

- Showed Acadians as resilient, or tough

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Why did they kick them out?

Land and/or Power and/or Obedience

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How did Acadians keep their culture alive in schools?

Demanded that they teach French.

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What do Acadians do and wear on lent in Cheticamp?

They go door to door in costumes/masks.

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Government

A group of people that have the power to make laws
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How did Joseph Willie Comeau show resilience?

- Came from a poor family with little education

- Still found a way to go to school and work

- Fought for Acadian rights- Become a Senator in Ottawa