History of Québec and Canada:

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Updated: February 2018

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SEC. IV

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Political system

What type of political system was established by the British North America Act?
Political system established by the British North America Act:
• constitutional monarchy
• federation

Horguelin, C. et. al. (2011). Panoramas (Textbook 2). Montreal: Graficor

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Immigration

What is the origin of most of the immigrants that arrived in Quebec from 1871-1885?

English

Horguelin, C., Ladouceur, M., Lord, F. and Rose, F. (2011).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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Identify the phenomenon that the document below refers to.

Urbanization

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Economic developments in the mid-19th century

After the non-renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty, it was decided to create a

domestic market by uniting the BNA colonies. What was this called?

Confederation

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What is imperialism?
• imposition of political structures by a state on other territories,
• policy of assimilation and acculturation,
• control of the economy

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Identify Quebec historical players who support fascism.
• Parti national social chrétien,
• Adrien Arcand,
• the Blue Shirts

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Political organization of the Province of Quebec

Indicate how the boundaries of the Province of Quebec changed by placing the
following documents in order.

A, D, B, C

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Canadian federation
 
On the map below identify the 4 original provinces of Canada in 1867.

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New Brunswick,
• Nova Scotia,
• Québec,
• Ontario

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Which provinces joined the Canadian federation between 1870 and 1905?

• Manitoba, 1870
• British Columbia, 1871
• Prince Edward Island, 1873
• Saskatchewan, 1905
• Alberta, 1905

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When did women obtain the right to vote?

In 1920 in Federal elections.

In 1940 in provincial elections.

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Contemporary Period
Explain the reasons why people were either for or against the idea of Confederation

For: creation of a domestic market

Against: political minoritization of Francophones

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Relations with Great Britain: Statute of Westminister, 1931
 
Compare Canada’s degree of autonomy after the British North America Act (1867) to
its degree of autonomy after the Statute of Westminister.(1931)

 Canada’s degree of autonomy from Great Britain after the passage of the British
North America Act:
• full autonomy in the area of domestic policy;
• dependency in international and constitutional matters
 
Canada’s degree of autonomy from Great Britain after the passage of the Statute of
Westminster after 1931:
• full autonomy in international matters;
• dependency in constitutional matters

Fortin, S., Ladouceur, M., Larose, S., & Rose, F. (2009).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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Urbanization

Compare the composition of the urban and rural population in Quebec in 1901 to the
composition 100 years later in 2001.
Relative proportion of urban and rural population in Québec
• 1901: urban population smaller than the rural population
• 1931: urban population slightly larger than the rural population
• 2001: urban population much larger than the rural population

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Economic policies

What is the difference between protectionism and free trade?

Protectionism: policy designed to protect the economy against foreign competition

Free trade: free circulation of merchandise, with no customs barriers to trade

Horguelin, C., Ladouceur, M., Lord, F. and Rose, F. (2011).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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Identify the ideologies outlined below:

• private ownership of means of production,

• focus on profit

• collective ownership of the means of production,

• primacy of general over individual interests

• sharing of resources,
• division of any surplus between the members

• free markets and individual responsibility,

• reduction in state intervention in areas of public life
•capitalism
•socialism
•cooperatism
•neoliberalism

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Identify the different nationalisms described below:

• pride in membership in the British Empire,

• financial and military support for the British Empire

• attachment to the French language and Catholic religion,

•Canadian
• distance maintained with the British Empire
•French Canadian
•Quebec
• respect for areas of provincial jurisdiction,
• affirmation of the distinct character of Québec society

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In 1854, Great Britain ended their policy of protectionism and instituted a
policy of free trade with United Canada. This caused United Canada to need
to find another solution for their exports. Identify two solutions chosen by
Canada in 1854 and 1867.

Reciprocity, trade agreement with the United

States (1854-1864)

Confederation (1867)

Horguelin, C., Ladouceur, M., Lord, F. and Rose, F. (2011).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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Relations with the Amerindians and Métis
 
How did the Métis react to Canada purchasing and beginning to settle the western
territories formally owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company?

Reactions of the Métis after the purchase by Canada of the

territories of the Hudson’s Bay Company:
• Métis rise up under the leadership of Riel;
• provisional government is formed at Red River

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State interventionism
 
During the Great Depression, governments put into place several measures to help people
without jobs during the 1930s. Identify these measures.

• public works program,

• direct assistance
• labour camps
• soup kitchens
• unemployment insurance,
• family allowances

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Emergence of consumer society
 
Identify two factors that lead to the increase in consumer culture.

Factors that contributed to increased consumerism

  • increase in disposable income,
• advertising,
• easy access to credit

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A. Population and Settlement
Emigration of French Canadians

Why did many French Canadians emigrate to the United States beginning in the
1830s?
•the scarcity of agricultural land in the seigneuries,
•the existence of job prospects in New England factories

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Effects of immigration on Native populations

What were the effects of immigration on the social and territorial organization of
the Métis and Amerindians in Western Canada?

• changes in their way of life,

• reduction in the size of hunting and fishing territories

Horguelin, C., Ladouceur, M., Lord, F. and Rose, F. (2011).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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The war industry

Identify the factors that contributed to the industrial development during the
Second World War.

What were the effects of the war industry

on industrial production?
•demand for military supplies,
•need for food in Europe

•increased production in the steel,

•transportation and chemical sectors;
•increase in the number of working women

Horguelin, C., Ladouceur, M., Lord, F. and Rose, F. (2011).

Panoramas. Montreal: Graficor.

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Ultramontanism was an idea that included:
• assertion of the primacy of the Church over the state,
• rejection of modernism,
• recognition of the absolute power of the pope

Was this idea stronger at the beginning or the end of the 20 th century?

At the beginning.

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Agriculturism and anticlericalism were two opposing ideas in the 19 th century.

Which one was, at the time more radical? More conservative?

Agriculturism was more conservative.

Anticlericalism was more radical.

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The legislative assembly put pressure on the government to get what they
wanted. Name one positive effect of the pressure the legislative assembly
put on the governor.

Application of responsible government

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The union movement demanded many things to change working conditions.
Identify their demands.
Demands made by the union movements
• prohibition of child labour
• safer working conditions
• minimum wage
• better wages for women

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Feminist groups worked hard to enact change.
Identify two effects of their hard work.
Effects of power relations between feminist Strike at Dupuis Frères (1952)
groups and the state
• Right to vote
• Equal pay
• passage of the Women’s Minimum
Wage Act
• appointment of women to the boards
of directors of Crown corporations,
• introduction of provisions on maternity
leave into the Act respecting labour
standards

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Amerindian population

Referring to the documents below, indicate how the Amerindian population has changed.

It has grown.

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Second phases of industrialization

How was the second phase of industrialization different from the first?

Which industrial sectors were developed?

Which country financed this

development?

•hydroelectricity,
•metallurgy, mining
•pulp and paper

United States

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In the forming the Canadian federation, what was decided at the following
conferences:
• Charlottetown
• Quebec conference
• London

Charlottetown conference: agreement in principle on a federation

Québec conference: agreement on a federal union, power sharing

and construction of a railway

London conference: agreement on creating a federation

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National Policy

Once Canada became a country, John A. MacDonald’s National Policy, a three

pronged plan to help strengthen the country, was put into place. Identify
objectives and explain the three components of the National Policy
Objectives of the National Policy:
 
• protection for Canadian industries,
• settlement of Western Canada,
• development of the domestic market
 
Components of the National Policy:
• increase in customs duties,
• increase in immigration,
• completion of the transcontinental railway

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What do the following have in common?
• some British merchants,
• Louis-Joseph Papineau,
• the French-Canadian professional bourgeoisie,
• the Patriotes
They were all liberals.

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 Industrial development

First phases of industrialization

Provide details on each of the points below and establish the connections between
them.
• manufacturing
• unionization
• working conditions

Work in the factories was difficult, therefore workers

made demands, formed unions and went on strike.
This improved the working conditions. www.glogster.com

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