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Question 1When was Canada's first economic boom after Confederation? 1890s - 1900s 1890s - 1920s 1880s - 1890s 1880s - 1910s Question 2What was the name of the group of Canadian soldiers who went to fight in Europe at the beginning of the First World War? The Canadian Corps The Canadian Expeditionary Force The Canadian Militia The Canadian Army Question 3How many Canadians were killed in the Second World War? 35,000 20,000 24,000 44,000 Question 4What year did the stock market crash, leading to the "Dirty Thirties"? 1932 1929 1931 1930 Question 5When it was first formed, what were the main roles of the North West Mounted Police? To stop any Americans from taking over that part of Canada, and to control the fur trade To pacify the West and assist in negotiations with the Indians To conquer the West and forcibly take it away from the Indians To stop Americans from travelling through Canada, and to collect taxes Question 6What year did British Columbia join Confederation? 1880 1870 1873 1871 Question 7What was the "Head Tax"? A tax that Chinese people had to pay if they wanted to immigrate to Canada A tax that everybody had to pay to the federal government to pay for the Canadian Pacific Railway A tax that all American travellers had to pay to travel through Canada to get to Alaska A tax that was put on every head of lettuce that was imported from the USA Question 8What year did Confederation take place? 1870 1791 1871 1867 Question 9What are the North West Mounted Police known as now? Royal Mounted Police of Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mounties of Royal Canada Royal Mounties of Canada Question 10Why were the 1920s known as the "Roaring Twenties"? The noise from factories was very loud The value of the Canadian dollar was very high The economy was booming People were able to play music at home because record players were becoming much more common Question 11Who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament? Emily Murphy (1927) Emily Stowe (1916) Nellie McClung (1921) Agnes Macphail (1921) Question 12Why were the Metis not happy when Canada took over the northwest region from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869? Because the Metis wanted to join the USA Because the Metis wanted to form their country Because the Metis were not consulted Because the Metis wanted to continue their traditional way of life Question 13At the time of Confederation, who was allowed to vote? White men who owned property All people with British ancestry All men Everybody Question 14What was the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"? The Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Pacific Just after the Second World War The Northern Battles Question 15What was the economy like in the 1930s? The economy was very good during these years The economy was very bad during these years The economy got worse very slowly during these years The economy bounced from good to bad to good during these years
When was Canada's first economic boom after Confederation?
What was the name of the group of Canadian soldiers who went to fight in Europe at the beginning of the First World War?
How many Canadians were killed in the Second World War?
What year did the stock market crash, leading to the "Dirty Thirties"?
When it was first formed, what were the main roles of the North West Mounted Police?
What year did British Columbia join Confederation?
What was the "Head Tax"?
What year did Confederation take place?
What are the North West Mounted Police known as now?
Why were the 1920s known as the "Roaring Twenties"?
Who was Canada's first female Member of Parliament?
Why were the Metis not happy when Canada took over the northwest region from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1869?
At the time of Confederation, who was allowed to vote?
What was the Royal Canadian Navy's "finest hour"?
What was the economy like in the 1930s?
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