The Manitoba Act

On May 12, 1870 the Canadian Parliament passed the Manitoba Act creating Canada's _____ province.

• Third

• First

• Fifth

• Second

Manitoba was an Assiniboine word meaning "water of the prairie"

• True

• False

The Manitoba Act stated that _____ lands would be protected but all other lands were the property of the Dominion of Canada.

• French

• Metis

• British

• Scottish

The Manitoba Act gave constitutional guarantees for the ______ language and publicly funded Roman Catholic schools.

• English

• French

What is a scrip?

• A piece of paper entitling Metis to 64 hectares of land

• A settlement north of Red River.

• A law establishing the language and educational rights of the Metis

The Metis continued to move further ____ in order to follow the diminishing buffalo herds and carry on the life they were used to, providing food and supplies to the fur traders.

• North

• South

• East

• West