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SS10- Ch5
Changes come to the Prairies
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10th Grade
05/12/2015

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John A.Macdonald
Definition
In the 1800s this man displayed a racist attitude toward the Metis.
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Farming, hunting bison and Hauling frieght for the HBC
Definition
In the North-West Territories name 3 activities the Metis engaged in.
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St. Laurent
Definition
Name the Laws which were intended primiarly to regulate the bison hunt?
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Lawerance Clark
Definition
Name the factor at Fort Carlton who used his position to maintain control over the Metis and lower their standard of living.
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Gabriel Dumont
Definition
Name the leader of the Metis at St. Laurent.
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alcohol
Definition
American fur traders disrupted Aboriginal Life on the Prairies by trading furs for this item.
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North West Mounted Police
Definition
This group was designed to drive out the whiskey traders, provide policing for the Northwest and acted as a paramilitary organization.
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treaties
Definition
The Canadian government wished to open the Northwest to settlement but found this was not possible until ___________ settling Aboriginal title were signed.
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Land
Definition
Under the treaty process the Aboriginal leaders were disappointed with the Candian government's _____________ offers.
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no choice
Definition
The Aboriginal leaders signed treaties with the Canadian government because they felt they had __________________
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farmers
Definition
The Canadian government has no intention of teaching Aboriginal peoples to become __________________
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Hayter Reed
Definition
Name the Indian Commissioner who thought it was "unnatural" for aboriginal peoples to operate machinery?
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Indian
Definition
Which 1876 act's purpose was to formalize the assimilation of Aboriginal people?
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rights
Definition
The biggest concern of the Metis in the Northwest in the early 1880's was the recognition of their _____________.
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Metis
Definition
Because the Canadian government needed to sell land on the prairies it ignored the petitions of which group of people?
Term
Aboriginal people
Metis
European settles
Definition
Which three groups of people in the Northwest felt the Canadian government was not addressing their concerns in the early 1880's
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Indian
Definition
As the costs of building the railway rose, the government drastically cut the budget of which department?
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Metis
Definition
Which group of people saw the Aboriginal people starving and provided as much aid as they could?
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teaching
Definition
In 1884, when the Metis asked Louis Riel to return from Montana he was employed in what profession?
Term
Metis
Aboriginals
European Settlers
Definition
The Metis Bill of Rights addressed the concerns of which groups of people in the Northwest?
Term
scrip
Definition
In order for the Metis to obtain land the Canadian government issued them __________ .
Term
land speculators
Definition
In many cases the Metis were unable to take up their lands as the scrip was bought up by ______________.
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bison hunt
Definition
The Laws of the St. Laurent were intended primarily to regulate which activity?
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almost extinct
Definition
What happened to the bison in the winter of 1874-1875 which made life very difficult for the Metis?
Term
bison
Definition
In Canada the destruction of this animal would allow for the building of the CPR and force the Aboriginal peoples to accept the Treaty Process.
Term
residential schools
Definition
Under the Indian Act of 1876 the Aboriginal children had to attend ____________________.
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passes
Definition
Under the Indian Act of 1876 Aboriginal peoples were required to carry _________________ when they left their reserve.
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Indian Act of 1876
Definition
Name the legislation that determined whether or not an Aboriginal person was "status" or "non-status".
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difficult
Definition
Government aid to Aboriginal peoples was denied to any Indians who were defined as _______________.
Term
Lawrence Clark
Definition
When Louis Riel returned to the Northwest he along with his council trusted this man to be their representative to speak with the Canadian government due to his political connections and his apparent sympathy toward the local groups of people.
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bullets
Definition
Upon his return from Ottawa on March 18, 1885, Lawrence Clarke told the Metis that the government answer to their petition was ______________.
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peaceful
Definition
Riel decided to take up arms against the Canadian government in March, 1885 because he felt that a _______________ resolution of the Metis grievances was impossible.
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4 to 1
Definition
At Batoche, in May, 1885, militia forces outnumbered the Metis about ____________.
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captured
Definition
After the Battle of Batoche Riel was __________________.
Term
escaped to the US.
Definition
After the Battle of Batoche Dumont ______________________.
Term
people
Definition
Louis Riel surrendered to the government forces because he wished to bring the plight of his _______________ to national attention.
Term
high treason
Definition
Louis Riel was take prisoner at Batoche and was charged with ________________.
Term
not guilty by reason of insanity
Definition
At his trial, Riel's lawyers wanted him to plead _________________________________.
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irresponsibility
Definition
Riel suggested that the Canadian government had acted ______________________.
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ignored
Definition
Riel felt that the Canadian government had ____________________ Metis petitions.
Term
Quebec
Definition
The people and government from this Canadian province opposed Riel's sentence.
Term
United States
Definition
Sir John A. Macdonad felt that a railway had to be built quickly because he feared assimilation of Canada by the __________________.
Term
Canada
Definition
Macdonald wanted businessmen from which country to build the railway?
Term
Northern Pacific
Definition
Sir Hugh Allan's CPR was controlled by the _________________________ Railway
Term
United States
Definition
One of the reasons the Pacific Scandal became a problem was due to Sir Hugh Allan's connections to this country.
Term
contracts
Definition
Donations in return for CPR ______________ made the Pacific Scandal a problem for Macdonald and his government.
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CPR
Definition
Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal government was unwilling to spend money to build the ___________.
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Survey
Definition
Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal government allowed the Canadian Pacific _________ to take place.
Term
British Columbia
Definition
Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal used the Railway Survey to reduce tension with which Canadian province, by appearing to go ahead with the building of the CPR?
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Kicking Horse
Definition
The CPR eventually entered British Columbia via this pass.
Term
National
Definition
This policy consisted of high tariffs, building the CPR, and settlement of the West.
Term
industries
Definition
High tariffs under the National Policy were designed to protect Canadian _________________.
Term
market
Definition
The Settlers in the West, under the National Policy were seen as a captive ___________ for Eastern Canadian groups.
Term
bankers
Definition
The new CPR syndicate in 1880 was made up of ___________________ and railway men.
Term
Stephen, Smith, Hill
Definition
Name the three men that were members of the CPR syndicate.
Term
land specualtors
Definition
The CPR syndicate decided to move the line of the railway south because there were few _____________________there.
Term
William van Horne
Definition
In 1881, the new general manager of the CPR.
Term
money
Definition
In 1883, the Canadian government was forced to provide the CPR with additional ___________.
Term
wooden
Definition
Van Horne used _______________ trestles to carry the rail line because they were cheaper to build.
Term
dangerous
Definition
Working conditions for CPR labourers were extremely ___________________.
Term
discharged
Definition
If a worker on the CPR was injured he was immediately __________________.
Term
five
Definition
The CPR was finished in November, 1885 ___________ years ahead of schedule.
Term
Donald Smith
Definition
The Last Spike of the CPR was driven by __________________________.
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