Chapter Five: Imperialism, Continentalism, and Nationalism

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Question 1
Which of the following was not part of the Treaty of Washington?
a. United States obtained free navigation on the St. Lawrence River.
b. The duties on Canadian fish exported to the United States were abolished.
c. Canada obtained $5.5 million as a settlement for the Alabama claims.
d. United States acquired the San Juan Islands.

Question 2
In the 1891 election, the Liberals
a. did not win any seats in the West.
b. lost miserably, gaining only one eighth of all seats.
c. won most of the urban votes in Ontario and Quebec but lost most rural votes.
d. generally supported close economic ties with the United States.

Question 3
George Parkin viewed imperialism mainly as a way to
a. unite all Anglo-Saxons and let them lead the non-white races out of ignorance.
b. spread Protestant Christian values and religions through the world.
c. win personal glory.
d. ensure Canada's place in the greatest empire on earth.

Question 4
Who was appointed to the Colonial Office in 1895?
a. Stephen Leacock
b. George Munro Grant.
c. Joseph Chamberlain
d. George Taylor Denison

Question 5
Why did Henri Bourassa oppose Canadian involvement in the South African War?
a. He claimed that the rights of French Canadians were being violated by Canada's endorsement of the war.
b. He was a pacifist.
c. He wanted Canada to become an independent country, and he felt that any action that supported the empire reinforced Canada's ties to Britain.
d. He equated imperialism with militarism and commercialism, claiming that all empires stand in the way of human liberty and progress.

Question 6
What did Jules-Paul Tardivel envision in his novel Pour la Patrie?
a. a French-speaking "corridor" nation, stretching from Quebec to Louisiana
b. the creation of a Roman Catholic state on the St. Lawrence River
c. a powerful French empire, with Paris, Quebec City, and New Orleans as its main centres
d. a brotherly union of French-speaking and English-speaking Canadians in an independent Canada

Question 7
What did the resolution of the Alaska boundary dispute prove for many Canadians?
a. Americans were ready for war with Canada and were looking for an excuse.
b. Britain could still be relied on to safeguard Canada's interests.
c. Canada needed greater control over its foreign affairs.
d. The United States and Russia had a secret alliance treaty in case of American-Canadian war.

Question 8
Who was the leader of anti-reciprocity entrepreneurs in Ontario after the American Congress passed the reciprocity legislation in 1911?
a. William Howard Taft
b. Clifford Sifton
c. Wilfrid Laurier
d. Lord Alverstone

Question 9
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Laurier introduced the Naval Service Bill in 1910.
b. The Liberals and the Conservatives disagreed on the issue of whether Canada should eventually establish a navy.
c. The Conservatives wanted to provide immediate financial help to Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century to help eliminate the German naval threat.
d. Henri Bourassa opposed the Naval Service Bill because it went too far.

Question 10
Who became the prime minister in 1911?
a. Robert L. Borden
b. Wilfrid Laurier
c. Sam Hughes
d. Henri Bourassa

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