Contemporary Period I knows…..
You know the drill…..I have tried to put the I Knows in order…i.e. in a sentence it will make sense….
1867-1900
1.Confederation/ Provinces/ Canada/NB/NS/QUE/ONT/ 1867
2.Confederation /Federalism/ Provincial and federal powers/education/language/immigration choice powers Quebec holds
3.1870-1900 period/provincial autonomy/growing pains/ Premiers conference
3. 1870-1900 Period/ the west/Railroad building / CPR
4. Riel/ Northwest Rebellion/Railroad/Taking Metis land/ Metis culture threatened
5.National Policy/ Tariffs/ Rairoad/expand the home market/ immigration to the West / develop the West of Canada
6. Election of 1878/Pacific Scandal/ Alexander Mackenzie took money from CPR head
1870-1900
7.Industrialization/mass production of goods/factories/urbanization/rural exodus
8.Industrialization/ terrible working conditions/women and child labour/60 hour work week/no minimum wage
8.Industrialization/ terrible living conditions/poverty/diseases/housing problems/lack of clean water
9. Migration flow/French Canadian emigration / factories /New England USA
1900-1930
10.Government made changes, passed laws/sanitation system/indoor plumbing/public notices of disease
11. Industrialization first vs second period/steam/electricity/labour force/government action/laws/union involvement/start of unions/Britain vs USA investment/ developing natural resources in rural regions
12. Colonization societies/colonization railroad/church run/moving people to rural communities
13. Imperialism/Britain is at war/Canada is at war too
14. Bourassa/French Canadian nationalist/Le Devoir Editor/anti imperialist/anti Britain
15. Boer War/Naval Issue/Conscription/ww1 / issues that divided Canadians
16.Early 20th century/Great Migration from Europe/ Alberta and Saskatchewan new provinces/Can pop increases / Immigrants from Eastern Europe
prairies developing
17.ww1/nurses/women get the right to vote federal/work on the home front while men are gone
18.Conscription/riots in Quebec city/1917/French Quebecers hated it
19. Canada/more autonomy/Canadian nationalism/Statute of Westminster/signed Treaty of Versailles 1919
1920’s and 1930’s
20. heavy American influence/US businesses/Roaring 20’s/Stock Market/record profits/Speculation/ heavy influence of Capitalism
21.Crash/Oct 1929/Great Depression/trigger
22.Unemployment/poverty/inflation/economic situation worsens
23.No more Laissez Faire policies/ government interventionism/Bennet’s New Deal
24. Socialism/ CCF and other political parties/Nationalization of banks / government regulation of economy
25. Direct Aid/ Soup Kitchens / Work Camps, public works
26. WW2 ends Great Depression / increasing industrial production / war with Germany and Japan
27.Women get right to vote in Quebec / Godbout replaces Duplessis
28. Conscription referendum / yes Canada / no Quebec / Mackenzie King is PM/1942
29. war increases economic production / Canada centralizes production / economy post war booms / Baby Boom period right after war
1945-1960
30.new areas opened in Quebec/ Cote Nord/ Iron Ore/ new resources found
American companies invest heavily in Quebec.
31. Duplessis / church influence/ anti union / American businesses / corruption
32. Quiet Revolution / Maitres Chez Nous / Nationalization of Hydroelectricity /creation of government ministries / economic control of government over economy
1960-Modern Day
Check package given on Quiet Revolution to Modern Quebec.