| A | B |
| Aboriginal Peoples in the1860's | Had a population of about 100 000 |
| Red River Settlement | Established in 1811 |
| Rupert's Land | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Iron Horse | Railway |
| Conservatives | Tories |
| George Brown | Leader of Reform Party |
| Cartier | Leader of Parti Bleu |
| A. A. Dorian | Leader of Parti Rouge |
| John A. Macdonald | Leader of Tories |
| Rep by Pop | Representation by Population |
| Coalition Government | Joining of different parties to govern |
| Fenians | Irish American Soldiers |
| Civil War | Between people in same country |
| Manifest Destiny | Henry Clay |
| Mary Shadd | Black teacher |
| Tariff | Tax |
| Leonard Tilley | Premier of New Brunswick |
| Joseph Howe | Nova Scotia |
| Monarch | Head of the country |
| Mines and Forests | Provincial Government Powers |
| Trade | Federal Power |
| Charlottetown Accord | August 1992 |
| Metis | European and Aboriginal heritage |
| Pemmican | Buffalo meat, berries, and fat |
| Red River Carts | Up to 500 in one train |
| Metis Sash | Reflected culture |
| Strip farms | Metis |
| Grid Pattern | Government survey |
| Manitoba Act | Makes Manitoba the 5th province |
| Provisional Government | Replaced H.B.C. rule |
| Primary Source | First-hand evidence |
| Navvies | Railway workers |
| Colonist Car | Brought settlers to the West |
| Dumont | Metis buffalo hunter |
| Militia | Citizens trained to defend |
| Gatling Gun | Used in U.S. Civil War |
| Bias | Frame of reference |
| Alexander G. Bell | Telephone |
| The Wireless | Marconi |
| Literacy Rate | Number of people who can read and write |
| Assimilate | Absorb into society |
| Largest Western Province in 1911 | Manitoba |
| Entrepreneur | Start or run a business |
| A.E.A. | Alexander G. Bell |
| Mary Pickford | One of first great film stars |
| Elijah McCoy | Developed lubricating cup |
| Urbanization | Movement to the cities |
| Head Tax | Asian immigrants |
| Sweatshops | Garment industry |
| Trades Assemblies | United craft unions |
| Blacklisting | Branded a troublemaker |
| Suffrage | Right to vote |
| Elementary teachers in 1920 | 83% women |
| High School teachers in 1920 | 50% women |
| WCTU | Fought problems of alcohol |
| Dr. Stowe | Toronto Literary Club |
| Pauline Johnson | Daughter of Mohawk chief |
| Emily Carr | Studied art in San Francisco |
| Famous Five | Persons Case |
| Susanna Moodie | Wrote about pioneer life in Canada |
| Adelaide Hoodless | Women's Institute |
| Emily Murphy | Judge |
| Ottawa selected as capital | Queen Victoria |
| Underground Railway | Helped slaves |
| Reciprocity Agreement | Signed in 1854 |
| Little Englanders | Believed colonies were burden to Britain |
| Habitants | French-Canadian farmers |
| Fredericton | New Brunswick |
| Yarmouth | Nova Scotia |
| Citadel | Fortress |