Chapter Four: The Fragile Union: The Resurgence of Regionalism

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Question 1
Who is considered to be the "father of provincial rights"?
a. Edward Blake
b. W.S. Fielding
c. Oliver Mowat
d. Honoré Mercier

Question 2
Why did Whiteway approach the federal government about union in 1895?
a. Other Maritime provinces pressured Newfoundland to join.
b. In this time of depression, most Newfoundlanders were enthusiastic about joining.
c. The reciprocity treaty signed by Newfoundland and the United States in 1890 did not have the desired effect.
d. The provincial government was in deep financial trouble.

Question 3
Why did the First Nations, particularly the Crees in the Treaty Number Six area, feel betrayed by the federal government?
a. The government prevented the establishment of large concentrations of reserves in certain areas.
b.The government did not fulfill its promise to provide food rations in time of scarcity.
c. The government did not allow the Native peoples to choose their own reserve lands.
d. all of the above

Question 4
Which of the following were not among the items included in the December 1884 petition by Louis Riel and his followers to Ottawa?
a. the construction of a railway to Hudson Bay as an alternative to the CPR
b. a land grant for the Ojibwa living on the Plains
c. responsible government for the North-West Territories
d. more liberal treatment of the Native peoples

Question 5
The standoff that begun on May 9, 1885, at Batoche, ended when
a. Middleton's troops charged and the Métis retreated.
b. Middleton's troops retreated.
c. eleven of Riel's men were killed.
d. both the Métis and Middleton's troops retreated simultaneously.

Question 6
What happened to Big Bear after the rebellion?
a. He escaped to the United States.
b. He was fined for disturbance of public peace.
c. He was executed several months after Riel.
d. He was sentenced but was released before the completion of his sentence because of poor health.

Question 7
Which provinces declined the invitation to the first interprovincial conference, held in 1887?
a. British Columbia and Prince Edward Island
b. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
c. Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
d. British Columbia and Manitoba

Question 8
In 1890, the Schools Act in Manitoba established a school system in which
a. public schools were non-sectarian, and denominational schools could still exist, but without government funding.
b. denominational schools received funding based on the taxes paid by the population of the given denomination.
c. Roman Catholic schools were outlawed.
d. religious instruction could take place in state-supported schools at the end of the school day.

Question 9
During the 1896 election campaign, the Conservatives
a. uniformly supported federal remediation on the Manitoba Schools Question.
b. were often blamed for the country's continuing economic depression.
c. could denounce the Liberals without having to offer concrete alternatives to their policies.
d. promised to solve the Manitoba Schools Question the "sunny way."

Question 10
As a result of Sifton's "honourable compromise," school children in Saskatchewan and Alberta
a. could receive religious instruction only in private denominational schools.
b. could attend publicly funded Roman Catholic schools.
c. could receive religious instruction in publicly funded schools in the last half an hour of every school day.
d. were entitled to receive a Roman Catholic education in publicly funded denominational schools, but only if classes were conducted in English.

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