Chapter Two: Three Oceans, One Country: 1867-1880

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Question 1
Which of the following events undermined the repeal movement in Nova Scotia?
a. the rise of the annexionist movement
b. John A. Macdonald's pressure on Charles Tilley to join his cabinet
c. Charles Tupper's death
d. Joseph Howe's election to the federal government

Question 2
Who was Willam McDougall?
a. one of Louis Riel's most influential advisors
b. the man executed by the Métis for contempt of their provisional government
c. the first lieutenant governor of the Red River colony appointed by the federal government
d. the owner of the general store that served as the headquarters of the Canadian expansionist party in the Red River colony

Question 3
How was Riel viewed in Quebec after the Métis resistance of 1869-1870?
a. as a murderer with no respect for human rights
b. as a victim of political machinations on the part of the British
c. as a traitor who compromised the Red River colony's best interests for personal reasons
d. as a protector of French speakers

Question 4
Donald Creighton has argued that
a. the "Act for the Temporary Government of Rupert's Land and the North-West Territory" more accurately reflects Macdonald's views on bilingualism than the Manitoba Act.
b. the Fathers of Confederation intended to create a bilingual and bicultural nation.
c. the Fathers of Confederation had no fear of losing the Northwest to the American expansionists.
d. Macdonald wanted French-speaking Canadians to have the same rights as English-speaking Canadians in all parts of the country, both present and future.

Question 5
Why did many Métis leave Manitoba not long after its creation?
a. They were not allowed to educate their children in French.
b. They were discouraged by their increasing lack of power in a province dominated by Ontarians.
c. They repeatedly suffered guerrilla attacks and were afraid for their personal safety.
d. The government in British Columbia offered them monetary incentives to come and settle there.

Question 6
In terms of its economy, the colony of British Columbia was tied most closely to
a. Britain.
b. the United States.
c. Canada.
d. Russia.

Question 7
What federal request did premier George Walkem object to in 1873?
a. to accept the 49th parallel as the border between Canada and the United States
b. to allow the federal government to run a railway to Esquimalt
c. to combine the colony on Vancouver Island with the colony on the mainland
d. to acknowledge Aboriginal land title and to increase allotment of reserve land

Question 8
The negative economic consequences of Confederation with Canada for Newfoundland would include, according to the anti-Confederation faction,
a. Canadian taxes on boats and fishing gear.
b. improved communication with major Canadian cities.
c. a sudden and potentially disastrous influx of cash.
d. all of the above.

Question 9
What were the two main factors that contributed to Prince Edward Island's entry into the Dominion of Canada?
a. Britain's refusal to protect PEI in case of American invasion and the widespread public fear of such an invasion
b. Macdonald's charisma and the constant pressure he put on PEI leaders
c. provincial debt and problematic railway projects
d. the general discontent with J.C. Pope's government and Native unrest

Question 10
When did the British government transfer the title to its Arctic "possessions" to Canada?
a. in June 1878
b. in January 1879
c. in July 1880
d. in March 1881

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