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SS 10 Review
Immigration
Question: These ships were crowded and carried distressed Irish Immigrants over to Canada in the 1800's. They were known for their poor living conditions.
Answer: What are coffin ships
Question: These Immigrants came over from Ireland during the potato famine. Many did not make it or died in Canada because of this disease.
Answer: What is Typhus
Question: During the Caribou Gold Rush, this group of immigrants was discriminated against by being forced to work on the outskirts of town and being limited to mining claims that had already been mined
Answer: Who were Chinese workers
Question: Harriet Tubman helped guide these people to Canada.
Answer: Who were Southern American slaves
Question: This group of immigrants was predominantly the 'First Wave' of immigrants to Upper Canada after the American Civil war.
Answer: Who were loyalist.
Western Canada (BC)
Question: This was the main town of the Caribou Gold Rush.
Answer: What is Barkerville
Question: This program put forward by the government of Canada was designed to "Kill the Indian in the Child"
Answer: Residential Schools
Question: This group of individuals helped develop the service sector in BC (ie. opened laundry mats) and also worked in agriculture in BC's coastal regions.
Answer: Chinese workers
Question: After the end of this in California a number of people emigrated to Canada in hopes of getting rich
Answer: Gold Rush
Question: This group of people wanted to encourage growth of the fur trade and limit permanent settlement in the Oregon Territory
Answer: British
Significant Men/ Groups
Question: This man owned the news paper the Colonial Advocate and orchestrated the Rebellion of 1837.
Answer: William Lyon Mackenzie
Question: This French politician was one of the main fathers of Confederation
Answer: George-etienne Cartier
Question: This group of men were organized to be a paramilitary organization and to fight the Whiskey trade in the North West.
Answer: North West Mounted Police
Question: This man set up a colony for poor Scottish farmers in central Canada.
Answer: Lord Selkirk
Question: This Political group was lead by George Brown and eventually created a coalition with John A. Macdonald
Answer: Radical Clear Grits
Random Facts
Question: This was one of the main reasons for confederation. It was a fear of this American Belief about North America
Answer: Manifest Destiny
Question: This politician was accused of taking bribes in what was known as the Pacific Scandal
Answer: John A. Macdonald
Question: The first four provinces to join confederation
Answer: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario
Question: In the early 1800's, this territory was partly populated by Americans who wanted to encourage settlement to take control of this space.
Answer: Oregon Territory
Question: This province was the last to join confederation in 1949.
Answer: Newfoundland
Foreign Impacts on Canada
Question: This policy in the state caused African American's to immigrate to Canada
Answer: Slavery
Question: Especially in 1847, this famine resulted in a large wave of immigration to Canada
Answer: The potato famine
Question: This war with France determined that, what is present day Canada, would be solely British
Answer: 7 Years War
Question: This war caused a number of loyalist to move to Canada
Answer: Loyalist
Question: The issue of impressment of American Soldiers lead was one of the main causes of this war
Answer: War of 1812.