The Story of Us: Episode 5: Expansion (1858-1899)
Bonus Questions:
- Where is modern day “New Caledonia”?
- New Caledonia was home to _______________________ indigenous people.
- Since 1821, New Caledonia was controlled by _________________________
- What brought thousands of Americans into British controlled land above the 49th parallel?
- __________________ was The Hudson’s Bay Company’s chief agent.
- What happens in August 1858 in the region of New Caledonia?
- What happens on July 1st, 1867?
- Who is Canada’s first Prime Minister?
- Why did British Columbia join the Confederation of Canada?
- Hayden King states that indigenous people were seen as ___________________ to the “National Dream.”
- Who was Louis Riel
- The Plains Cree were nearly entirely wiped out because of ___________________________
- By 1879, buffalo ____________________________________ on the prairies.
- The Canadian government signed treaties with Indigenous nations that saw bands relinquish territory for the promise of _____________________________
- Why did Big Bear finally sign a treaty with the Canadian Government?
- What takes place on June 3, 1885?
- What was the fate of Big Bear?
- The ___________________ industry was important in developing the economy of the Canadian West.
- Who was John Ware?
- How were Chinese railway workers exploited?
- What major event happens in Craigellachie, British Columbia on November 7, 1885?
- What was the “Klondike Stampede”?
- Who was Sam Steele?
- What rules did the Mounties enforce at the Yukon check point?
- John English states that the North is _________________ in defining what Canada is.
Bonus Questions:
- Candy Palmater says “Louis Riel thought, ‘My great-great-grandchildren are not going to have land if this railroad comes through here.’ And he did what he had to do.” Despite Riel’s opposition, the railroad was built through Métis territory. How should governments respond when Indigenous rights do not align with the interests of other groups?
- John Ralston Saul, on the treatment of Louis Riel and Big Bear, says it was “a terrible tragedy. A terrible stain on Canada. And yet today history tells us that these are the great figures. The bosses in Ottawa were wrong. The courts were wrong. The juries were wrong. These were the great people. These were the heroes.” Why do we sometimes fail to see the truth of the situation around us? What is something that we’re doing today that historians will look back on and say was wrong?