Chapter Fourteen: An Affluent Society: 1945-1960

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Question 1
Unemployment rates in postwar Canada
a. skyrocketed rapidly.
b. were low in urban areas but high in rural areas.
c. remained very low until the late 1950s.
d. decreased steadily until the early 1960, except in the Maritimes.

Question 2
Why couldn't most Canadian-made manufactured products compete in international markets?
a. Most were of inferior quality.
b. Canadian companies manufactured a variety of products but in small quantities.
c. Many Canadian companies relied heavily on imported components.
d. b) and c)

Question 3
In the second referendum on Newfoundland's future,
a. the results were ambiguous, so yet another referendum had to be called.
b. the confederates won an astounding victory.
c. the confederates won by a narrow margin.
d. the results were ambiguous, so the colony's elected assembly decided the issue.

Question 4
What did the "Canadian article" of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization call for?
a. the creation of the Distant Early Warning system in the Canadian North
b.general economic and social co-operation and common aims
c. the establishment of peacekeeping forces in the Middle East and elsewhere
d. the creation of what came to be known as the North American Air Defence Agreement

Question 5
Why did the federal government arrange for seven Inuit families from northern Quebec to relocate to Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands?
a.to establish Canadian occupation in the North and thus affirm Canada's sovereignty there
b. to work on implementing the DEW system
c. to prove to the Soviet Union that the Inuit would remain loyal to Canada in case of war in the North
d. to spy on Soviet activities in the region

Question 6
The Conservatives had difficulty governing after their victory partly because
a. the new ministers lacked experience.
b. the senior cabinet ministers, many of whom were Quebeckers, had strong regional loyalties, creating conflict-of-interest situations.
c. many people perceived the new government as corrupt and arrogant.
d. a) and c)

Question 7
What was one of the reasons that the Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada refused to join the Canadian Labour Congress?
a. Its leadership denounced the communist tendencies of the CLC.
b. It did not want to belong to an American-dominated union congress.
c. It did not want to see itself follow the fate of the Canadian Seamen's Union.
d. It fundamentally disagreed with CLC's strike policy.

Question 8
Who was Ellen Fairclough?
a. the first female United Church minister
b. the first female federal cabinet member
c. the first female school principal in Quebec
d. the first editor of Chatelaine to support equal pay for men and women

Question 9
Which of the following was created on the recommendation of the Massey Commission?
a. Board of Broadcast Governors
b. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
c. National Film Board
d. Canada Council

Question 10
In the 1950s, religion
a. was for many an integral part of everyday life, even though its influence may have been superficial.
b. rapidly declined in popularity, especially in Ontario and in the West.
c.still dominated public life, and its influence went unchallenged.
d. was often ridiculed in the new mass media.

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