| A | B |
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| social reform | The improvement of living and working conditions for citizens. |
| trade unions | A group of workers who advocate withdrawing services to force employers to pay and treat their members better. |
| temperance | Restraint or moderation in drinking alcohol; extended to mean total or partial abstinence from alcoholic drink. |
| Prohibition | The banning of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| female suffrage | The right of women to vote. |
| suffragists | People who advocate that women should have the right to vote. |
| Manitoba Schools Question | A heated debate that followed the cancellation of support for church run (French) schools in 1890. |
| North-West Schools Question | Saskatchewan and Alberta allowed French Catholics limited rights in regards to education and other provincial services. |
| French-Canadian Nationalism | The fight for more rights and protection for the French language and culture in Canada. |
| hydroelectric power | Electrical energy generated by water sources. |
| public ownership | The ownership, usually of utilities or public service industries, by the taxpayers of the country, represented by the government. |
| Canadian Pacific Railway | The first Canadian railway that had helped create the nation. |
| Canadian National Railway | The nationalization of the Canadian Norther and Grand Trunk railways in 1919. |
