Chapter Twenty: The Road to Confederation

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Question 1
Which of the following prompted Canadians and Maritimers to consider union?
a. internal problems in the colonies
b. pressure from Britain
c. threats of American takeover
d. all of the above

Question 2
Why did many Britons back the Confederacy during the American Civil War, despite Britain's official neutrality?
a. Many Britons depended on the cotton imported from the South for Britain's textile industry.
b. Most Britons supported the institution of slavery.
c. The Southern leaders officially promised not to ever attack or annex British North American colonies if they won the war.
d. Many Britons feared that the tobacco industry would be ruined if the North won.

Question 3
What event took place on October 19, 1864?
a. St. Alban's Raid
b. the sinking of C.S.S. Alabama by U.S.S. Kearsarge
c. the launch of C.S.S. Alabama
d. the defeat of the Macdonald-Taché coalition

Question 4
Why did George Brown call for the incorporation of Rupert's Land into Confederation?
a. He saw incorporation as the solution to the Canadas' population problem.
b. He believed that the Northwest presented a great opportunity for further development of Canada West.
c. He believed the Russians or the Americans would claim Rupert's Land if it were not a part of a larger British colony.
d. He believed incorporation would help Canada East politically, giving it greater influence under his proposed "rep by pop" system.

Question 5
Why did the Maritime premiers abandon the idea of a Maritime union at the Charlottetown Conference?
a. They could not agree on the details of the union.
b. The Nova Scotia premier dropped out of the negotiations, making the original plan unworkable.
c. They decided to postpone all talks until the American Civil War was over.
d. Representatives from the Canadas presented a convincing case for a larger British North American union.

Question 6
Disagreement over which issue almost destroyed the Quebec Conference?
a. the number of representatives from each region in the Senate
b. the method of selecting the first federal government
c. the extent of taxation that provincial governments would be allowed to impose
d. the powers of disallowance for the federal government

Question 7
Who prophesized problems for Canada East if Confederation was adopted?
a. George-Étienne Cartier
b. Joseph Howe
c. Antoine-Aimé Dorion
d. Ignace Bourget

Question 8
Which of the following initially endorsed Confederation wholeheartedly?
a. Newfoundland
b. Prince Edward Island
c. New Brunswick
d. none of the above

Question 9
What helped Samuel Leonard Tilley and the Confederation cause in New Brunswick?
a. the Fenian raids
b. A.J. Smith's arguments on the topic of the Intercolonial Railway
c. financial support received from John A. Macdonald
d. a) and c)

Question 10
When was the British North America Act signed?
a. March 29, 1867
b. May 24, 1867
c. July 1, 1867
d. August 2, 1867

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