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Question 1Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec? Jean Talon Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry Sir Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Sir George-Etienne Cartier Question 2What year did Manitoba and the Northwest Territories join Confederation? 1867 1873 1871 1870 Question 3What was the "Head Tax"? A tax that was put on every head of lettuce that was imported from the USA A tax that Chinese people had to pay if they wanted to immigrate to Canada A tax that all American travellers had to pay to travel through Canada to get to Alaska A tax that everybody had to pay to the federal government to pay for the Canadian Pacific Railway Question 4Where did Canadians fight bravely and suffer losses in the unsuccessful defence of a city in the Second World War? Tokyo Hong Kong Manila Bangkok Question 5When was Canada's first economic boom after Confederation? 1880s - 1890s 1890s - 1900s 1890s - 1920s 1880s - 1910s Question 6What was the first province to allow women to vote? Ontario (1920) British Columbia (1918) Manitoba (1916) Nova Scotia (1932) Question 7When was the North West Mounted Police established? 1870 1890 1885 1873 Question 8What year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Confederation? 1949 1989 1999 1905 Question 9What did Ottawa promise to British Columbia when that province joined Confederation? To encourage settlers from eastern Canada to move to British Columbia To allow British Columbia to continue fishing in the Pacific Ocean To collect no taxes from British Columbia for 50 years To build a railway to British Columbia Question 10Whom did Ottawa intern in labour camps from 1914 to 1920? Canadians of Japanese origin Enemy soldiers Canadians who disagreed with the war Former Austro-Hungarian subjects Question 11What year was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed? 1885 1895 1890 1900 Question 12How were farmers affected during the "Dirty Thirties"? They did very well; it was a great time to be a farmer They were hit hard by low grain prices and drought They were better off than most people who lived in cities They were hit hard by high exchange rates and high equipment costs Question 13Who was the first Canadian woman to practise medicine? Dr. Laura Secord Dr. Mary Breckenridge Dr. Susan O'Keefe Dr. Emily Stowe Question 14Who wrote the famous war poem, "In Flanders Fields"? James Nielle Sir Arthur Currie Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry Question 15Why 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
Who was the key architect of Confederation from Quebec?
What year did Manitoba and the Northwest Territories join Confederation?
What was the "Head Tax"?
Where did Canadians fight bravely and suffer losses in the unsuccessful defence of a city in the Second World War?
When was Canada's first economic boom after Confederation?
What was the first province to allow women to vote?
When was the North West Mounted Police established?
What year did Newfoundland and Labrador join Confederation?
What did Ottawa promise to British Columbia when that province joined Confederation?
Whom did Ottawa intern in labour camps from 1914 to 1920?
What year was the Canadian Pacific Railway completed?
How were farmers affected during the "Dirty Thirties"?
Who was the first Canadian woman to practise medicine?
Who wrote the famous war poem, "In Flanders Fields"?
Why were the 1920s known as the "Roaring Twenties"?
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