A different Canada Resource: Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, Chapter 1 Society and Manners
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A Different Canada Resource: Counterpoints: Exploring Canadian Issues, Chapter 1 Society and Manners Where did most Canadians live in 1900? On farms or in small villages. Identify several Victoria era values in Canada. Families were expected to attend church. Support for Britain and the monarchy. Valued honour, virtue, and duty. Families were expected to take care of their members. Hard work was rewarded. Poverty was the result of laziness. Describe how women were treated in the early 1900s. Had few rights over property or their children after marriage. Salary belonged to their husband. Were not considered persons by the law. Mainly found work as servants or in factories. Define the term suffragist. Women who campaigned for the right to vote. Identify several goals of the suffragists. Right to vote. To address the social problems of their day. To ban alcohol. Still a British Nation Who was responsible for settling Canada’s disputes with other nations in 1900? The British government. What was at stake in the Alaska Boundary Dispute? Control of access to the Yukon gold fields. Why might Britain not have supported Canada’s desire to control the Lynn Canal in Alaska? Britain did not want a conflict with the US during or after the Boer War. Define the term imperialist. People who want to take over other lands. Why did many English Canadians support Britain in the Boer War? They shared Britain’s desire to expand the Empire. Why were French speaking Canadians not enthusiastic supporters of the British Empire? They saw themselves as Canadian and separate from the British and their Empire. Define the term nationalist. A person who feels strongly about the interests of their country. Why did Henri Bourassa resign from Wilfred Laurier’s government? He opposed Laurier’s decision to send volunteers to South Africa to assist the British. What Manitoba issue caused disagreements between French and English speaking groups in Canada? The Manitoba provincial government took away the right to French language instruction in Catholic schools. Canada’s Changing Population What did Wilfred Laurier do to help Canada prosper after he became Prime Minister in 1896? Recruited settlers for the prairies. What did the federal government offer immigrants who settled on Canada’s prairies? 160 acres for $10.00. What did they have to do in return? Build a house and start cultivation within three years. Define the term ethnocentric. Belief that one’s own group or race is superior to others. Why did some French speaking Canadians fear the arrival of immigrants? They would reduce the percentage of Canadian who spoke French. Why were some eastern European immigrants ridiculed? They dressed differently and had different customs. Under what circumstances were Asian immigrants tolerated? As long as they did work that others did not want. Why did many “white” Canadians oppose Asian immigration? Feared they would compete for jobs by working for less. Why did the federal government place a head tax on Chinese immigrants? To limit immigration. What was the Komagata Maru incident of 1914? Sikhs from India (citizens of the British Empire) tried to enter Canada and were sent back. Explain why today’s government should or should not apologize to the descendents of Asian immigrants for Canada’s past treatment of these people. Varied – opinion. What are reserves? Land set aside for Aboriginal people. Why were Aboriginal peoples on the prairies forced to live on reserves? To make land available for settlers; to avoid conflicts similar to those in the American west; to help assimilate Aboriginal peoples. How were Aboriginal people expected to support themselves on the reserves? By farming. Why was the Aboriginal population declining in the early 1900s? Disease; poor diet; inadequate housing. What were residential schools? Boarding schools for Aboriginal children. What problems did Aboriginal children face in these schools? Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. Based on what you may have read in the media or seen on TV, what other impacts did residential schools have on Aboriginal children and their culture? Separation from their family and culture; abuse in many forms. Define assimilation. To draw a group (e.g. Aboriginal people) into mainstream Canadian life and extinguish their own cultural traditions. Suggest why Aboriginal people often resisted assimilation. Valued their own way of life and traditions. Urbanization List the luxuries that wealthy city dwellers often enjoyed in this era. Servant. Houses lit by electricity. Central hot water heat. Running water. List characteristics of the living conditions of working class people in cities around 1910. Lived in shacks or crowded tenements. No running water or sewer. Pollution from nearby factories. Disease was common. 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