Chapter 3 Review: The Expansion of Canada

The sale of Rupert's Land happened after the people of Rupert's Land approved the idea.

• True

• False

What did Louis Riel organize to resist the federal government and preserve the rights of Métis people?

• a provisional government

• a boycott

• a march

• a strike

The first resistance movement led by Louis Riel was called

• The Bishop Bourget Protest

• The Red River Resistance

• The McDougall is a Strudel Protest

• The Quiet Revolution

Louis Riel is considered the Father of ________

• Alberta

• Ontario

• Manitoba

• P.E.I.

In order to encourage P.E.I. to join Confederation in 1873 the Canadian government promised to

• hold a pizza party

• pay off P.E.I.'s debt

• invade the United States

• consider making Charlottetown the capital of Canada

What was NOT an aspect of John A. Macdonald's National Policy?

• Build the railway

• Encourage immigration

• Implement protective tariffs (taxes on goods from outside Canada)

• Give Canadian women the right to vote

Why was the Canadian Pacific Railroad considered the iron spine of the new Canadian nation? What do you think is the most important technology connecting Canadians together today? Is it the railroad or something else?

What role did Chinese workers have in constructing the CPR? On June 22, 2006, the Canadian Government apologized for the treatment of Chinese railway workers. Is an apology enough? How would you commemorate the Chinese railway workers today?