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Chapter Six SS10
Horizons Chapter Six
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Territory | The Oregon ___ was, until 1846 not controlled by any nation. |
| Americans | Which of the following best represents American policy toward the Oregon Territory? It should be settled by ___. |
| fur | The HBC was opposed to settlement because it would disrupt the ___ trade. |
| Destiny | The term “Manifest ___"means Americans should rule all of North America. |
| McLoughlin | The individual in charge of Fort Vancouver was John ____. |
| Columbia | John McLoughlin encouraged American settlement south of the _____ River. |
| Oregon | McLoughlin’s policies toward American settlers strengthened the American position in the ____ Territory. |
| Russians | In 1839, the HBC and the ____ set the boundary for Russian territory at 54? 40’ latitude. |
| Simpson | In 1841, McLoughlin and ___ disagreed over the number of trading posts on the coast. |
| American | Fort Victoria was established in 1843 because the HBC feared that Fort Vancouver could be soon in ____ territory. |
| fight | James Polk’s 1844 election slogan was “54? 40’ or ___”. |
| boundary | When the Oregon ___ treaty was signed in 1846, the new boundary was at 49 degrees N. |
| Island | The British created the Colony of Vancouver ____ because they wished to solidify their claim on the region. |
| acre | The British decided land should be allocated in the Colony of Vancouver Island by requiring settlers to buy land at the cost of £1 per ___. |
| servants | Any settler who purchased 100 acres or more in Vancouver Island was required to bring at least five ____. |
| class | The British sold land in Vancouver Island to settlers because they wished to re-create the British ___ system. |
| HBC | Most of the settlers in Vancouver Island were in fact ex-___ employees. |
| Navy | The colony of Vancouver Island was also established as a base for the Royal ___. |
| social | The English landowners in Victoria looked on naval officers as desirable ___ contacts. |
| Nations | The following are reasons why James Douglas is called the “Father of British Columbia”? His actions to protect British sovereignty, his treaties with First ___, and his ordering of the building of the Cariboo Wagon Road. |
| Douglas | Amelia ____ was from a fur-trading family, credited with saving her husband’s life, and was the head of one of the most powerful families in Victoria. |
| Douglas | James ___ negotiated treaties with the First Nations of Vancouver Island to gain title to the land. |
| Douglas | The ___ Treaties set a precedent because they recognized Aboriginal title to the land. |
| Douglas | Subsequent government leaders reversed ____’ First Nations policies. |
| Douglas | When James ___ signed treaties with the First Nations of Vancouver Island he recognized that First Nations had title to their lands. |
| California | Before gold was discovered in British Columbia, there had been a gold rush in ____ |
| California | Most really good claims in the ____ Gold Rush were staked by people in the state in 1848. |
| stake | In order to obtain gold, miners must sink a mine shaft to the gold deposits, and ____ a claim to an area along a creek. |
| rich | People went on gold rushes in the 19th century because they wanted to “get ___ quick”. |
| rich | The vast majority of people who went on gold rushes did not get ___. |
| Thompson | In late 1857, a trader brought James Douglas some nuggets he had found along the ____ River. |
| Island | Douglas feared a gold rush because thousands of miners would invade Vancouver ____, there was no political jurisdiction on the mainland, and he had no army or militia. |
| Americans | By the middle of 1858, more than 10 000 miners were on the Fraser River. Most were ____. |
| Douglas | In order to preserve British control of the mainland, the British government created a new colony of British Columbia, made James ____ governor of the new colony, and dispatched a contingent of Royal Engineers to British Columbia. |
| towns | The Royal Engineers were sent to British Columbia in order to provide a military presence in the colony, survey the region, and build ____ and roads. |
| Fraser | Gold mining in British Columbia was first undertaken on sandbars on the ____ River. |
| Cariboo | The purpose of the ___ Wagon Road was to promote settlement of the interior, to ensure gold shipments did not leave the colony without being taxed, and to encourage economic development of the interior. |
| Cariboo | The ___ Wagon Road became a problem for the colonial government because it was finished after revenues were in decline. |
| Barkerville | The main town of the Cariboo Gold Rush was ____. |
| gurdy | Hurdy ____ girls were employed to dance with miners. |
| burned | In 1868, Barkerville was ____ to the ground, but quickly rebuilt. |
| ghost | By the end of the 19th century, Barkerville had become a ____ town. |
| Cariboo | By the middle of the 1860s, gold was running out. The result of this was declining population, declining revenues, and the closing of the ____ Wagon Road. |
| Bute | The Tsilhqot’in Uprising was caused by a road being built inland from ____ Inlet. |
| Douglas | James ___ could be best described as an autocrat. |
| Island | The Legislative Assembly of Vancouver ____ had no authority to enforce its resolutions. |
| Nations | In 1855, the First ____ population along the coast was at least 60 000. |
| Nations | In 1862, First ____ communities were decimated by an outbreak of smallpox. |
| Nine | In 1866, the Legislative Council of British Columbia consisted of 23 members. Of these, how many were elected? |
| Assembly | Today, the Legislature of British Columbia is made up of the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislative _____. |
| citizen | In order to run for office or vote in British Columbia today, a person must be at least 18 years of age, must be a Canadian ____, and must have lived in British Columbia for at least 6 months. |
| budgets | The following are responsibilities of MLAs in British Columbia today. Debating legislation, voting on legislation, and approving _____. |
| Chinook | Language spoken by at least a third of the population of British Columbia in the 1880s was ____. |
| financial | The governments of Vancouver Island and British Columbia faced a ___ crisis in May, 1866, when local banks refused to grant any more loans. |
| financial | The solution to the ___ crisis of 1866 was the union of the colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. |
| financial | Because ___ troubles continued after the union of the two colonies, a permanent solution was needed. Which of the following were proposed as a solutions? annexation by the United States, joining Confederation, and not joining Confederation. |
| Island | The anti-Confederationists were strongest on Vancouver ___. |
| mainland | The Confederationists were strongest on the ____. |
| annexation | The preference for ____ by the United States was strongest among Victoria business people. |
| annexation | The ____ movement failed when they could not collect enough signatures for their petition. |
| Musgrave | In 1869, a new governor was appointed. He was Anthony ____. |
| Musgrave | When Anthony ____ was appointed governor in 1869, he received instructions from the British government. These were to get British Columbia to join Canada. |
| Macdonald | Musgrave was a personal friend of Sir John A. _____. |
| Musgrave | ______ decided the best way to convince the anti- confederationists that Confederation was a good idea was to co-opt their support. |
| Ottawa | When the delegates from British Columbia arrived in ____ with their Confederation demands, the Canadian government accepted virtually all their demands. |
| railway | The key element of the terms by which British Columbia entered Confederation was the building of a _____ between British Columbia and the rest of Canada. |
| forestry | The economic activity which first developed on Burrard Inlet was ____. |
| masts | “British Columbia toothpicks” were logs used as _____ for sailing vessels. |
| saloon | “Gassy Jack” Deighton was a ____ owner. |
| Horne | William van ____ rejected Port Moody as the terminus of the CPR in 1884 because the harbour was filled with tidal flats. |
| Asia | The port of Vancouver began as a trans-shipment point between ___ and Canada. |
| Panama | The opening of the ____ Canal in 1914 caused a rise in port activity in Vancouver. |
| transportation | Modern methods in ____ have led to a diversification of goods handled by the port of Vancouver, and the construction of new facilities in the port of Vancouver. |
| Hawaii | Kanakas came from ____. |
| HBC | Kanakas were originally employed by the ____. |
| Black | In 1858, ___ citizens of San Francisco wished to settle on Vancouver Island. They were encouraged by James Douglas. |
| Black | When several ____ citizens offered to form a militia unit in 1858, James Douglas accepted their offer. |
| Oppenheimer | In order to clinch the CPR terminus for Vancouver, David ____ offered half his landholdings in Vancouver to the CPR at no cost. |
| Chinese | Because their opportunities were limited by racism, ____ miners would rework claims abandoned by white miners. |
| Chinese | In the 1880s, more than 17 000 _____ immigrants came to British Columbia to work on the CPR. |
| Chinese | When the railway was finished in 1885, most ___ railway workers could not afford to return to China. |
| Chinese | The majority attitude toward ____ workers was discriminatory. |
| Chinese | The majority attitude toward ___ workers was negative because the Chinese prevented a homogeneous British culture. |
| Chinese | In order to halt the immigration of ____workers, the government introduced a head tax of $50. |
| Chinese | Amor De Cosmos opposed ____ immigration because they “did not assimilate”. |
| Chinese | ______ labour contractors treated their workers fairly, and often became wealthy. |
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