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34 Cards in this Set
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What was at stake in the Alaska Boundary Dispute?
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Alaskan Pan Handle, questioned ownership of a fjord called the Lynn Canal
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Why did many English Canadians support Britain in the Boer War?
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They shared Britain's dreams of expanding the British empire
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What did the federal government offer to immigrants who settled in Canada's prairies?
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65 hectares of land for only $10
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Who was L.M. Montgomery?
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Famous Canadian writer, published Anne of Green Gables
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Who was responsible for settling Canada's disputes with other nations in 1900?
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Britain
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Under what circumstances were Asian immigrants tolerated?
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They had to be willing to do work that Canadians saw as unpleasant (cheap labor)
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Why were Aboriginals in the prairies forced to live on reserves?
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To free up land for settlers and immigrants from Britain, avoid violent clashes with US settlers
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What was discovered in the Yukon in 1896?
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Gold
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Name three important Canadian exports in the 1900s
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Timber, wheats, minerals
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List the luxuries of wealthy city people during the 1900s.
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had servants, had electricity, had running water, houses were warmed by central hot water heating
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What impact did the use of electricity have on Canada's industry?
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Bigger, better machines could be used in factories to produce more goods. Also, it created more manufacturing jobs.
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What is a recession?
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A decline in the economy, resulting in lower levels of employment and production
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Why did the federal government place a head tax on Chinese immigration?
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To limit Asian immigration
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What problems did Aboriginal children face in residential schools?
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Overcrowded dorms, unsanitary conditions, lack of medical care, physical/sexual abus, denied contact with family, forbidden to speak languag&practice culture
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Why were some eastern Europe immigrants ridiculed?
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their culture and language were unfamiliar to Canadian
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Victorian
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of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria; also someone who shares the values of that period
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prohibition
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the banning of the sale and consumption of alcohol
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suffragist
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a person who advocates that women should have the right to vote
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imperialists
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people who support imperialism, the policy of one nation acquiring, controlling, or dominating another
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Canadiens
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French descendants of the original settlers of New France
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nationalists
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people who have a strong attachment to their culture or nation
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autonomy
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the power to govern oneself and make one's own decisions
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homesteaders
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newcomers who claimed and settled land
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ethnocentric
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the belief that one's own culture is superior, and that other cultures should be judged by its values
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head tax
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the fee that Chinese immigrants were required to pay after 1885 in order to enter Canada
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Indian Act
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an Act created to regulate the lives of the First Nations of Canada
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reserves
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land set aside by the government for the use of First Nations
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residential schools
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government authorized schools, run by the churches, in which Aboriginal children lived apart from their families and were educated in Canadian culture
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assimilation
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adoption of the customs and language of another cultural group so that the original culture disappears
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urbanization
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the move of people from farms to cities where jobs are available
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hydroelectric power
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electricity produced from the energy of falling water
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industrialization
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the overall change in a society from farm production and craftsmanship to mechanized manufacturing production
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trade union
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a group of workers who unite to achieve common goals in discussions with owners and management of businesses and industries
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recession
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less severe than a depression, a recession is a downturn in economic activity in which the value of goods and services declines
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