Social Studies 10
Chapter Eight: Counterpoints (p.190 to 217)
“The Canadian Identity: One, Two, or Many Nations?”
Neatly complete the work below in your notebook.
Vocabulary
Provide a definition, description, and / or point of significance for each term.
1) Maître chez nous 10) Bloc Quebecois
2) FLQ 11) Charlottetown Accord
3) PQ 12) immigration policy
4) Bill 101 13) multiculturalism
5) sovereignty association 14) self-government
6) patriate 15) specific claims
7) amending formula 16) comprehensive claims
8) notwithstanding clause 17) aboriginal title
9) Meech Lake Accord
Questions
Unless otherwise stated, respond to each question in complete sentence format.
1) Make a chart contrasting Maurice Duplessis’s and Jean Lesage’s approaches to governing Quebec.
2) Describe the aims of the FLQ. Check the extract in the Chapter Introduction and page 193.
3) Why did Prime Minister Pearson believe a new flag was necessary?
4) What is the Official Languages Act and what does it require?
5a) Outline key events in the October Crisis.
b) Read page 197. Do you agree with Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision to invoke the War Measures Act to deal with the Crisis?
6) Describe the components of the “Kitchen Compromise”. Do you think Lévesque was betrayed by the “Kitchen Compromise”?
7a) Which event increased western alienation (p.201)?
b) This growing sense of alienation led to what political movement?
8) Why did Prime Minister Mulroney reopen the Constitution debate?
9) List the criticisms of the Meech Lake Accord. Why did it fail?
10) Why did the Charlottetown Accord fail?
11) How did the Quebec referendum of 1995 differ from that of 1980?
12a) Why did the results of the 1995 Quebec referendum shock the country?
b) Ouline the “clarity bill” passed by Prime Minister Chretien. Do you agree with this law? Explain.
13) Explain how the Canadian model of a “cultural mosaic” differs from the U.S. model of a “melting pot”.
14) Explain the importance of the following in the development of Aboriginal identity:
a) the 1969 White Paper and Citizens Plus
b) the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and the Berger Commission
15) What was the government’s response to demands that it acknowledge its part in the ill treatment of Aboriginal children in residential schools? Do you think this response was adequate? Give reasons.
16) How was the Oka Confrontation resolved?
17) Why are most land claims in British Columbia comprehensive in nature?
18) List key components of the Nisga’a settlement.
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