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| Wilfred Laurier | French Canadian Prime Minister |
| Clifford Sifton | Minister of the Interior |
| Henri Bourassa | Laurier supporter |
| Clifford Sifton's slogan | a stalwart peasant in a sheepskin coat |
| What were Laurier’s and Sifton’s immigration policies to settle the west in the 1890s designed to do? | Publicise the benefits of Western Canada to immigrants in Europe. |
| "Federalism" means | political power rests with the national (central) government. |
| Taxes paid on imported goods are called | tariffs. |
| Those who wanted British Columbia to join with the United States were called | annexationists |
| The individual who became known as the “champion of the rights of Canada’s French-speaking minority” is:- | Henri Bourassa |
| Reciprocity was a treaty: | allowing some free trade between the British North American colonies and the United States. |
| he Canadian Pacific Railway was built to: | bring settlers to the prairies. |
| Which Prime Minister created the Royal Canadian Navy? | Wilfrid Laurier |
| What was the name of Laurier’s proposed free-trade deal with the United States? | Reciprocity Agreement |
| What inducement did Sifton offer to farm immigrants? | free land |
| The Manitoba schools question erupted in 1890 when legislation passed in the Manitoba legislature | stopped a Roman Catholic school system from operating. |
| In the late 19th century, the number of settlers coming to the Canadian West increased because | the transcontinental railway was completed. |
| The Alaska Boundary Dispute was a result of | the Klondike Gold Rush making the American-Canadian border near the Yukon very sensitive |
| In Canada, the British resolution of the Alaska Boundary Dispute most angered what group? | The nationalists. |
| Laurier’s and Sifton’s immigration policies to settle the west in the 1890s were designed to | counter a similar immigration policy in the United States |
| In 1900, many immigrants faced racial bias and cultural prejudice EXCEPT | British immigrants. |
| “ I would try the sunny way of patriotism, asking him to be fair to the minority…” | Wilfred Laurier |
| The suffragists wanted to bring about: | The vote for women. |
| Henri Bourassa resigned from Laurier’s cabinet as a result of his decision (1899) to: | Send volunteers to the war in South Africa. |
| The continuous passage law and the head tax best demonstrated what attitude? | Ethnocentrism. |
| The Vancouver Riots in 1907 were caused by: | Fears that Asian immigrants would take jobs from white Canadians |
| Residential schools for aboriginal peoples in Canada were intended to bring about: | Assimilation. |
| Which of the following abundant Canadian resources was the least important factor in the economic boom in Canada during the Laurier era? | Oil |
| Increased urbanization in the Laurier era led to: | A widening gap between the standard of living for the rich and poor. |
| Who as Laurier’s minister of immigration, was the driving force behind the “Last Best West” programme and also led the western wing of the Liberal Party? | Clifford Sifton |
| Laurier responded to the Anglo-German naval rivalry (and Britain’s request to help) by: | Concentrating on home defence by building Canadian Dreadnoughts to be based at Halifax and Esquimalt. |
| Many opponents of reciprocity believe that free trade with the USA would lead to: | Annexation. |
| Victorians valued possessions and physical comfort above all else. This was called: | Materialism. |
| Queen Victoria reigned for 64 years. What were the years she was in power? | 1837-1901 |
| Who was Canada's first French-speaking Prime Minister? | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
| 1917 the Liberal Party split into two camps, the Laurier Liberals and the Liberal Unionists. What did the Laurier Liberals primarily oppose? | Conscription |
| To come into a country intending to live there pernamently is known as | immigration |
| To complete the western part of the C.P.R., two shiploads of 1000 men each were brought in from: | China |
| The American concept of "Manifest Destiny" means | that the United States should rule all North America. |
| Reciprocity was a treaty: | allowing some free trade between the British North American colonies and the United States. |
| Victorian ideals consisted of all of the following except: | religious and racial tolerance |
