Colonial Territories
What company controlled Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory before Confederation?
Hudson’s Bay Company
Who purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867?
The United States
In what years was the American Civil War fought?
1861 to 1865
What conference was held in 1864 to discuss a Maritime union?
Charlottetown Conference
What is the name of the upper house of the federal government that would balance representation from various regions.
What is the Senate?
Which territory separated eastern and western British North America?
Rupert’s Land
What ideology suggested that Americans were destined to control all of North America?
Manifest Destiny
What was the main issue that divided the North and South in the American Civil War?
Slavery
Which conference created the framework for a federal government with two houses?
Québec Conference
Which group opposed British rule over Ireland and threatened British North America?
The Fenians
What led Hudson’s Bay Company to consider selling Rupert's Land in 1864?
Decline in the fur trade
What term describes being taken over by another territory, which British North America feared?
Annexation
What position did Britain take during the American Civil War?
Neutral
Who was the woman who decided that Ottawa would be the capital of Canada?
Queen Victoria
Who were the two main political leaders in Canada West in the mid-1860s?
John A. Macdonald and George Brown
Who primarily inhabited Rupert’s Land and the North-Western Territory before Confederation?
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit
How much did the United States pay for Alaska?
$7.2 million
Approximately how many Americans died in the American Civil War?
600,000
Which colony was not represented at the Charlottetown Conference?
Newfoundland
Who led the anti-Confederation movement in Newfoundland?
Charles Fox Bennett
Who governed each colony independently despite being under British rule?
Locally elected representatives
In what year did Nathaniel Banks introduce an Annexation bill?
1866
Geographically, which two types of states were divided in the American Civil War?
Northern states (anti-slavery) and Southern states (pro-slavery)
Who was the name of the individual credited with making George Brown more cooperative with his rivals?
Anne Brown
What was the name of Joseph Howe’s series of letters against Confederation?
The Botheration Letters