Chapter Three: A "National Policy"?

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Question 1
The Institut canadien, begun in 1844 in Montreal, encouraged
a. protection of papal lands in Italy.
b. adherence to the rules of social conduct set out by the Roman Catholic church.
c. collaboration with the Canada First Movement.
d. free thought and debate.

Question 2
Under Alexander Mackenzie's leadership in the 1870s, the Liberals concentrated on
a. finishing the railway to British Columbia.
b. constitutional and political questions.
c. economic issues, such as reducing the debt.
d. social reforms, such as minimizing race and gender discrimination.

Question 3
What were the three essential components of the policy of nation-building adopted by John A. Macdonald?
a. a high protective tariff, separation of church and state, and measures to attract immigrants
b. a high protective tariff, completion of a transcontinental railway, and settlement of the West
c. increased property taxes, settlement of the West, and party consolidation
d. a high protective tariff, universal sufferage, and completion of a transcontinental railway

Question 4
What was the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's original deadline for completing the railway from Callender to Port Arthur and from Winnipeg to Kamploops?
a. May 1, 1891
b. July 1, 1896
c. January 1, 1888
d. November 7, 1885

Question 5
Who were Donald Mann and William Mackenzie?
a. Ontario politicians who proposed that the CPR's surveyed route be changed
b. William Cornelius Van Horne's influential field assistants
c. Liberal MPs who opposed the sending of troops to defeat Riel's rebellion
d.entrepreneurs who formed the Canadian Northern Railway company

Question 6
How large were the townships into which the Canadian government surveyed the land in preparation for settlement?
a. 36 square miles each
b. 49 square miles each
c. 64 square miles each
d. 25 square miles each

Question 7
How did the government promote assimilation of Native peoples?
a. by establishing Christian-run residential schools
b. by offering a small monetary reward for the relinquishment of Indian status
c.by outlawing Native cultural practices
d. a) and c)

Question 8
Who encouraged settlers to buy up an adjacent section of land when settling in the West?
a. John A. Macdonald
b. Wilfrid Laurier
c. Clifford Sifton
d. Isaac Barr

Question 9
The Doukhobor immigrants were
a. a group of Galician peasants, united by their conversion to Mennonite faith
b. a group of Russian pacifists who lived a communal lifestyle
c. a group of Jewish dissenters who came from present-day Ukraine
d. a group of Siberian hunters who settled on the Northwest Coast

Question 10
To restrict immigration from China, the Canadian government
a.imposed a mandatory year of forced labour on all Chinese male immigrants.
b. established yearly quotas for Chinese immigrants.
c. imposed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants.
d. distributed flyers in China that were meant to dissuade people from immigrating to Canada.

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