Horizons Chapter Five
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| children | Under the Manitoba Act 566 580 hectares were put aside for the “__ of the Métis”.
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| Manitoba | The troops sent by John A. Macdonald to ____ to keep order attacked the Métis.
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| scrip | In order to obtain the land the Canadian government granted them, the Métis were issued ___ which could be exchanged for 160 acres, and were issued scrip which had a money value.
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| lottery | The distribution of the Métis land grant was by ___.
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| speculators | The Métis were unable to take up their lands in many cases because land ___ bought their scrip.
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| North | Because the Métis felt cheated out of their land many left Manitoba for the ___-West Territories.
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| Albert | Most of the Métis who left Manitoba settled near Prince ___
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| freight | In the North-West Territories, the Métis engaged in which of the following activities? Farming, hunting bison, and hauling ___ for the HBC.
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| bison | The Laws of St. Laurent were intended primarily to regulate the ___ hunt.
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| lawless | The Métis drew up the Laws of St. Laurent because otherwise the region would be ___.
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| Carlton | Lawrence Clarke, the Factor at Fort ___, was determined to lower the Métis standard of living.
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| magistrate | Lawrence Clarke used his position as ___ to maintain control over the Métis.
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| Dumont | The leader of the Métis at St. Laurent was Gabriel ___.
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| extinct | The winter of 1874–1875 was very difficult for the Métis because the bison were almost ___.
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| Bison | The ___ Hunt of 1875 was a disaster for the Métis because Lawrence Clarke overruled the Laws of St. Laurent.
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| laws | By the end of the 1870s, the Métis had lost the right to make their own ___.
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| settlement | The government of the United States exterminated the bison to force Aboriginal peoples onto reserves, to allow for railway construction, and to allow for European ___.
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| CPR | In Canada, destruction of bison herds would allow for the building of the ___, and force Aboriginal peoples to accept the Treaty Process.
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| alcohol | American fur traders disrupted Aboriginal life on the Prairies by trading ___ for furs.
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| whisky | In order to combat the American ____ traders, the Canadian government created the North West Mounted Police to police the plains.
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| paramilitary | The North West Mounted Police was designed to drive out the whisky traders, provide policing for the Northwest, and act as a ____ organization.
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| settlement | The Canadian government wished to open the Northwest to ____. This was not possible until treaties settling Aboriginal title were signed.
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| land | Under the Treaty Process, Aboriginal leaders were disappointed with the Canadian government’s ___ offers.
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| treaties | Aboriginal leaders signed _____ with the Canadian government because they felt they had no other choice.
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| farmers | The Canadian government had no intention of teaching the Aboriginal peoples to become ___.
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| equipment | When Poundmaker decided to attempt farming he found the government failed to provide promised ____.
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| unnatural | According to Indian Commissioner Hayter Reed it was “___” for Aboriginal peoples to operate machinery.
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| assimilation | The purpose of the Indian Act in 1876 was to to formalize the ____ of Aboriginal peoples.
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| passes | The Indian Act of 1876 - Aboriginal children had to attend residential schools, it determined whether or not an Aboriginal person was “status” or “non-status”, and it required Aboriginal peoples to carry ____ if they left their reserve.
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| rights | The biggest concern of the Métis in the Northwest in the early 1880s was recognition of their ____.
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| land | Because the Canadian government needed to sell ___ on the prairies it ignored Métis petitions.
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| European | The group in the Northwest which felt the Canadian government was not addressing their concerns in the early 1880s was Aboriginal peoples, Métis, and ___ settlers.
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| budget | As the costs of building the CPR mounted between 1882 and 1885, the government drastically cut the Indian Department’s ____.
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| difficult | Government aid to Aboriginal peoples was denied to “___ Indians”.
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| Métis | The ___, seeing the Aboriginal peoples starving provided as much aid as they could.
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| Riel | In the summer of 1884, the Métis asked Louis ___ to return to lead them.
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| Montana | When the Métis asked Louis Riel to return, he was a schoolteacher in ___.
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| Jackson | In late 1884, Riel and ___ drew up the Métis Bill of Rights.
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| Independence | The Métis Bill of Rights was similar to the American Declaration of ___ in that it detailed Métis grievances.
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| Rights | The Métis Bill of ___ addressed the concerns of all groups in the North West.
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| land | Lawrence Clarke supported the return of Louis Riel because he felt that if an uprising were crushed, it would raise the value of his ___.
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| Clarke | Lawrence ___ was trusted by Riel.
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| informant | Lawrence Clarke acted as a legal advisor to the Métis, courier of the final Métis petition, and a government ___.
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| bullets | When Lawrence Clarke returned from Ottawa on March 18, 1885, he told the Métis the government answer to their petition was ___.
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| Carlton | In March, 1885, the Canadian government had which force close to the Métis settlements in the Northwest? A North West Mounted Police detachment at Fort ___.
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| arms | Riel decided to take up ___ against the Canadian government in March, 1885 because he felt that a peaceful resolution of the Métis grievances was impossible.
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| Duck | When the North West Mounted Police and the Métis met at ___ Lake, the result was the North West Mounted Police detachment was defeated.
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| Five | By early April, how many Canadian troops had been deployed in the Northwest? more than _000
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| uprising | General Middleton split his force into several groups because he feared an Aboriginal ___.
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| Four | At Batoche, in May, 1885, militia forces outnumbered the Métis about ___ to one .
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| three | The Battle of Batoche lasted ____ days.
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| captured | What happened to the two Métis leaders after Batoche? Riel was ___ and Dumont escaped to the United States.
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| national | Louis Riel surrendered to government forces because he wished to bring the plight of his people to ___ attention.
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| Northwest | No Aboriginal leaders joined the ___ Uprising.
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| treason | Riel was taken prisoner at Batoche and was charged with high ___.
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| insanity | At his trial, Riel’s lawyers wanted him to plead not guilty by reason of ___.
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| jury | Riel’s ____ was all European.
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| irresponsibly | Riel suggested in his defense that the Canadian government had acted ____, the Canadian government had ignored Métis petitions, and had the Canadian government negotiated in good faith, the rebellion would not have happened.
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| Quebec | Riel was sentenced to hang. Which group(s) was opposed to this? The citizens of ___.
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| executed | Riel was ____. The other Métis leaders were given light fines or pardoned.
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| children | At this time, the Canadian government viewed the Aboriginal peoples as wayward ____.
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| assimilation | Sir John A. Macdonald felt that a railway had to be built quickly because he feared ___ of Canada by the United States.
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| railway | Macdonald wanted Canadian businessmen to build the ___.
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| American | Sir Hugh Allen felt he could build the CPR only with ___ backing.
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| Northern | Sir Hugh Allan’s CPR was controlled by the ___ Pacific Railway.
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| Allen | Macdonald needed money for the 1872 election. He obtained it from Sir Hugh ____ in return for the CPR contract.
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| CPR | What made the Pacific Scandal a problem? Donations in return for the ___ contract, and Sir Hugh Allan’s American connections.
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| CPR | The Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie was unwilling to spend money to build the ___.
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| Pacific | The Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie allowed the Canadian ___ Survey to take place.
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| Survey | The Canadian government used the Railway ____ to reduce tension with British Columbia by appearing to go ahead with the CPR.
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| Bute | Which of the following routes for the railway was favoured by politicians from Vancouver Island? ___ Inlet
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| Burrard | Which of the following routes for the railway was favoured by politicians from the mainland? ___ inlet
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| Routes | The “Battle of the ___” allowed the Canadian government to put off building the railway.
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| Kicking | The CPR eventually entered British Columbia via ___ Horse Pass.
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| Quebec | The National Policy did not consist of creating a new understanding with ___.
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| tariffs | High ___ under the National Policy were designed to protect Canadian industries.
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| Policy | Settlers in the West, under the National ___ were seen as a captive market for Eastern Canadian groups.
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| goods | The CPR was essential to the National Policy, it would allow for the shipment of ___ and people.
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| bankers | The new CPR syndicate in 1880 was made up of ___ and railway men.
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| monopoly | The CPR syndicate was offered money, prairie farmland, and an operating ____.
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| Smith | George Stephen, Donald ____, James J. Hill men were members of the CPR syndicate.
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| south | The CPR syndicate decided to move the line of the railway ___ because there were few land speculators there.
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| southern | A problem with the new ___ route was the location of the line in British Columbia was not clear when construction started.
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| Horne | The new general manager of the CPR in 1881 was William van ___.
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| American | William van Horne was efficient, hard-working, and an ___.
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| money | The biggest problem facing the CPR in 1883 was not enough ___ to finish the railway.
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| least | The CPR, in 1883, had completed the ___ expensive part of the line.
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| money | In 1883, the Canadian government was forced to provide the CPR with additional ___.
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| wooden | Van Horne used ___ trestles to carry the rail line because they were cheaper to build.
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| dangerous | Working conditions for CPR labourers were extremely ___.
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| injured | If a worker on the CPR was ___ he was immediately discharged.
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| Northwest | The event that saved the CPR from financial ruin was the CPR’s rapid deployment of troops during the ___ Rebellion.
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| five | The CPR was finished in November, 1885 ___ years ahead of schedule.
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| Smith | The Last Spike of the CPR was driven by Donald ___.
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