Video #5 Quebecois Self-determination

These questions will help you to focus on the most important parts of the video.  Read them through to ensure that you clearly understand those concepts.  

(There is an answer key at the end to help you check your understandings).

1. 
   How has the role of the Catholic church changed in Quebec?
   

2. 
   How did the enactment of conscription increase tensions in Canada?
   

3. 
   What happened in the 1960s?
   

4. 
   What was the motto of the Quiet Revolution?
   

5. 
   What is the PQ?
   

6. 
   How has the patriation of the constitution increased conflict between Quebec and the rest of Canada?
   

7. 
   What were the results of the two referendums?
   

8. 
   Summarize the FLQ Crisis.
   

Answer Key

1. 
   How has the role of the Catholic church changed in Quebec? (It used to have a lot of control socially, economically and politically in order to preserve a traditional lifestyle; today it has much less relevance)
   
2. 
   How did the enactment of conscription increase tensions in Canada? (It highlighted the animosity between Francophone and Anglophone Canadians due to their different perspectives on events – riots, voting rights, plebiscites)
   
3. 
   What happened in the 1960s? (Rights movements – human rights, civil rights, women’s rights, environmental protection – in Quebec it was the Quiet Revolution)
   
4. 
   What was the motto of the Quiet Revolution? (Maitres chez nous – masters in our own house)
   
5. 
   What is the PQ? (The Parti Quebecois – a separatist party that fought for Quebec sovereignty)
   
6. 
   How has the patriation of the constitution increased conflict between Quebec and the rest of Canada? (Quebec did not sign because they did not agree to the amending formula)
   
7. 
   What were the results of the two referendums? (1980 – 60/40, 1995 – 51/49)
   
8. 
   Summarize the FLQ Crisis. (During the Quiet Revolution some separatists formed a group the Front to Liberate Quebec and decided to use terrorist tactics to get the attention of the government.  The government reacted by using the War Measures Act to capture the terrorists and destroy the FLQ)