The Emergence of Modern Canada

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1 Social Studies 10 The Emergence of Modern Canada Chapter 7 Learning Targets, Chapter Terms and Practice Questions Name: Block: 0

2 Chapter 7 Learning Outcomes The Emergence of Modern Canada For each chapter you will receive a list of Learning Targets. These targets will outline all you need to know for the chapter test. I can define the following terms: o compromise o patriotism o imperialist o mother country o homestead lands o dryland farming o open-door policy o suffragist o prohibition o restorative justice o labour unions o markets o capital I know who Sir Wilfred Laurier is and what he did. I can explain Imperialism I can explain how Immigration West was influenced by: o Push Pull Factor o Prairie Life o Railways o Cities Urban vs. Rural I can explain the Labour Rights movement including: o Industrialists o Unions I can explain key events and players in the fights for rights of Women, including: o suffragists o Nellie McClung I can explain what the Laurier Boom was and how it changed Canada I can describe the ways in which Canada s growing autonomy influenced the development of a national identity separate from Britain and distinct from the United States, with reference to events such as: o the Boer War o the Naval Act o the Alaskan Dispute 1

3 I can evaluate changes to Canada s immigration policy, including: o Sifton s open-door policy o Asiatic Exclusion League o Continuous Passage Rule o Head tax I can describe the development of Canada s identity as a French and English country during the Manitoba Schools Question I can describe the contributions of specific individuals to the arts in Canada, including: o Emily Carr o Pauline Johnson o Stephen Leacock o Lucy Maud Montgomery o Robert Service o Tom Longboat I can describe how the contributions of and relationships with Aboriginal peoples influenced Canadian identity, including: o FN Rights o Residential Schools o Restorative justice o Land claims I understand how the following affect settlement and the economy: o transport technology (e.g., steamships, railway, canals) o communications (e.g., telegraph, newspapers) 0

4 Part A: Laurier is Elected p Guiding Question: How were the domestic and international issues Laurier dealt with related to the development of Canadian identity? Terms: Compromise: Patriotism: Imperialist: Mother country: 1

5 1. How was the election in 1896 considered a turning point in Canadian history? (p. 244) 2. Who was elected? (p. 244) 3. What did he promote? (p. 244) 4. What was a major problem that was going on in Canada, which he felt a connection to? Why? (p. 244) 5. Manitoba Schools Question (p. 244) Question: What was the problem with the English majority? Answer: What did the Manitoba Schools Act do? What were Laurier s compromises? What lesson did Laurier learn? 2

6 6. In the primary source document, (the beige section on page 245), what was Laurier s view of the Manitoba schools issue? 7. Imperialism: A French-English Split In the T-chart below compare the views of the French and English, use pages 246 and viewpoints in conflict on page 247 to complete this exercise. Topic English French British Empire Boer War Naval Question The Giant Next Door 8. What feeling united Canadians? (p. 247) 9. a. What was the Alaska Boundary Dispute? (p ) 3

7 10. What event triggered concern over the northern boundary? (p ) 11. What was a problem for Canada? Why? (248) 12. What was Laurier s Solution? (250) 13. What terrible position did this cause that outraged Canadians? (250) 4

8 Part B: The Last Best West p Guiding Question: How did government policy shape immigration to the West? Homestead lands: Dryland farming: Open door policy: 1. What made the Canadian West an attractive destination for immigrants? (p. 251) 2. Who was Clifford Sifton? (p. 251) 3. How did Clifford Sifton promote the Canadian West? (p. 251) 4. What did he leave out of his promotions? (p. 251) 5

9 5. How was this misleading for the immigrants? (p. 251) 6. Push Pull Factors in immigration. Using page 252, divide the factors in the article, by placing them under the appropriate heading. Push Factors Pull Factors 7. Why did Sifton encourage settlers from Eastern and Central Europe? (p. 253) 8. What life were most of the British immigrants of this time period use to? (p. 253) 9. Who were the home children? Why did they come to Canada? (p. 253) 6

10 10. Why were American settlers more successful than the other two immigrant groups? (p. 253) 11. Use the chart below to record what it was like to start a life in the Prairies. (see pg. 254) Topic Findings What did they get? What did they still need? What was life like? What were their homes like? 12. What complaint did Prairie farmers have about the railway? (p. 256) 13. What two railways did the Laurier government build and where were they? 14. What affect did the First World War have on these new railways? (p. 256) 7

11 15. What happened to cities that were on the railway? (p. 257) 8

12 Part C: The Life in the Cities p Guiding Question: What was the reality of urban life during the Laurier Era? Labour unions: 1. What drew new immigrants to the cities? (p. 258) 2. What were accommodations like for urban dwellers? (p. 258) 3. What are three characteristics common to city immigrants? (p. 258) 4. How did the economic prosperity of the Laurier era affect Canadians? (p. 262) 5. What did Canadian workers begin to do to improve their lives? What challenges did they face? (p. 262) 9

13 Part D: The Struggle for Human Rights p Guiding Question: What did the treatment of women and minorities reveal about the attitudes and beliefs of Canadian Society at the time? Suffragist: Prohibition: Restorative justice: 1. What were women s lives like at the turn of the 20 th century? (p. 265) 2. What were the goals of the women s suffrage movement? (p. 265) 3. Along with the right to vote what other social changes did the suffragists advocate? (p. 265) 10

14 4. Who is Nellie McClung and what did she do? (p. 266) 5. What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and what is its goal? What does the TRC practice? (p. 269) 6. What is the Potlatch and why was it banned? (p. 270) 7. Upon which groups did Canada begin to restrict immigration in the early 1900s? (p. 271) 8. How did employers view Asian immigration? How did trade unions view Asian immigration? (p. 272) 9. What resulted from the riot in Vancouver? (p. 274) 11

15 10. How did the Canadian government feel they had solved the problem of Asian immigration? (p. 274) 11. How did Sikh immigrants challenge the continuous passage restrictions of the 1906 Immigration Act? (p. 274) 12

16 Part E: Prosperity and Innovation p Guiding Question: How did economic prosperity encourage technological change? Capital: Markets: 1. What was happening in the Canadian economy after Laurier became Prime Minister? (p. 276) 2. How did the Yukon Gold Rush stimulate the Canadian economy? (p. 276) 3. What was happening with British Columbia s economy? (p. 276) 4. What was happening with the Prairie economy? (p. 276) 13

17 LM 7.11 New Technologies 1. Use the following organizer to help you answer Question 2 on page 280. Use your reading of pages 276 to 280, as well as the numerous images found on those pages to complete the chart. Choose the five most important discoveries and list them in order of importance. Be prepared to defend your position. New Technology What need or desire did it fill? How did it affect health or leisure? 14