Understanding the Topic
What province joined Canada for a railway?
What is British Columbia
What part of Canada was it intended to populate?
Where is the West Coast
The construction of the railway made transportation go from months to what?
What is days
It was this prime ministers idea to build a railway
Who is John A. Macdonald
The CPR was later used to carry what supplies?
What are military supplies
What kind of natural event slowed down building of the railway?
What is floods and rock slides
Why did John A. Macdonald want to build a railroad?
Who was being exploited while the railway was being built?
Who are the Chinese labor workers
What province would have left without a railway?
What is British Columbia
The railway heavily depended on what to clear paths
What is explosives
About how many workers were imported from China to work on the railway?
What is 15000
Canada built the CPR to have an easier way to transport what?
What are settlers
Farmers were able to transport what easier?
What is crops
The CPR helped with modern what?
What is train designs
About how many years ago was the railway built?
When is 135 years ago
What year did the railway finish building?
When is 1885
Who did the construction of the railway displace?
Who are the Indigenous peoples
What did building the railway to keep BC in confederation prevent?
What is absorption from the USA
When compared to the achievement of building the railway which group of exploited people are often overlooked?
Who are the Chinese labor workers
It took over a year to build through which mountains?
What is the name of one of the many engineers working on the CPR?
Who is William Cornelius Van Horne
What was the name of the route that they struggled to build through?
What is the Kicking Horse Pass
The CPR connected what that was previously isolated?
What are isolated colonies
This geographic region was heavily altered by the construction of the railway
What is the Prairies
The first spike was driven where?
Where is Bonfield Ontario