Unit 3 Topic Videos Flashcards
What were the conditions of Canada in the 1870s?
Workers were without work, factories were closing, workers were only working three days a week at most. Competition for jobs was fierce, women were working in textile factories and children were exploited.
Where do most families who establish homes in the west come from?
Ontario
How long did it take the jury to come to a verdict in Louis Riel’s trial? What did the jury want for Riel?
less than an hour
What would the NWMP live and die by? What were they paid?
The BNA act
fifty cents a day
What disease did many chinese workers get?
tuberculosis
How many days a week and how many hours per day did chinese workers work?
12 hours a day 6 days a week
Who got the construction contract to build the railroad?
The Canadian Pacific Railway
What is the Sponsorship Scandal?
In 2004 the liberal party was accused of misdirecting public funds
What was the three fold vision held by Macdonald?
Support the establishment of Canadian industries, create a national market by uniting Canada from sea to sea and promote the settlement of the western land
Why was the National Policy considered a white elephant?
Because it was slow to implement
Could women vote before 1867?
Women who owned property could.
Why would Roblin not want women to vote?
Because he believed it would break up the home and throw children into the arms of servant girls. He said that the majority of women are emotional, and if given the franchise would be a meace rather than a help.
Which was the first province to pass suffrage?
Manitoba
What was the military service act?
conscription of men across Canada
Which was the first group of women to get the right to vote?
serving military personal, including military nurses
