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| Answer |
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| Wilfrid Laurier |
Purposed the vision of the next 100 years for Canadian development |
| Victorian Era |
1837-1901
Appearance of moral strictness.Attended church regularly, supported Britain and monarchy |
| Suffragist |
Group of women-wanted the right to vote |
| Nellie McClung |
Well known suffragist, along with other women, campaigned for womens' rights |
| Alaska Boundary Dispute |
Settled in 1903, British declared Lynn Canal was part of Alaska not British Columbia |
| Imperialists |
English-speaking Canadians proud to be British subjects ( Supported Britain in Boer War) |
| Nationalists |
A person with a strong attachment to their nation. |
| Henri Bourassa |
Voiced concerns of french-canadiens when their minority wasn't protected. Against Canada's involvements in Britain's wars. |
| Ethnocentric |
Believing their own race/group were superior |
| Head Tax |
Every Chinese immigrant to Canada had to pay a $50 fee to the government |
| Aboriginal Peoles |
1880's, lived in the Prairies on reserves or designated areas of land
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| Reserves |
Designated area of land |
| Residential Schools |
Schools for Aboringal children run by churches. They were overcrowded and in an unsanitary states |
| Assimilation |
Adoption of a minority group, intended to make people abandon their culture and follow European culture |
| Urbanization |
Process- an area changes from Rural to Urban |
| Trade Union |
Workers united to achieve goals in discussions with owners and management of businesses and industries |
| Recession |
Decline in Economy- Less employment and production |
| 1896 |
Wildfrid Laurier ( Liberals) elected Prime Minister |
| 1899 |
Volunteers sent to fight in Boer War, South Africa |
| 1903 |
Alaska Boundary Dispute is settled |
| 1905 |
Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces |
| 1906 |
BC Native chief take land claim to King Edward VII, England |
| 1907 |
Vancouver Race Riot |
| 1908 |
Anne of Green Gables published |
| 1909 |
1st air plane flight in Canada
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| 1911 |
Laurier Era ends |
| 1912 |
RMS Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland |
| 1914 |
-WWI begins
-Komagatmaru refused landing in Vancouver
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