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Definition Civil War |
A war between people in the same country |
It happened in America and had nothing to do with Canada or Britain Britain supported the southern States which did not make for two very popular with the northern states this worried Canada |
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The Northwest Mounted Police |
Of course that's duty was to keep peace prevent crime and catch criminals. Also the Northwest Mounted Police had to look after 6 million kilometers squared in thousands of people with only 300 policeman |
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Fort whoop up |
A place nicknamed Fort whoopup was the center of Allah activity of illegal whiskey trade |
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Cypress hill massacre |
American wolf hunters thought assiniboine in the cypress hills stole a horse so they killed 36 people it ended up that the horse had just wandered away |
"Where did the horse go?" |
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Define pentiton |
Is a formal request to and authority for rights privileges or other benefits |
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Define militia |
They were citizens trained to defend the country and fight as an army ( according to Mr Dunlop in cartoons are usually displayed as a mob with pitchforks) |
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Define gatling gun |
a hand cranked gun with a 6 barrels revolving around a central shaft it was a first machine gun |
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High treason |
High treason is what pound of maker was convicted of in his trial high treason is against one's government ruler or state I could not be translated so he was told that he was convicted of knocking off the Queen's bonnet |
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Plea of insanity |
Please sanity to the course so to say you don't know what you're doing so punishment is a lighter as you were not in a healthy state of mind |
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Nomadic |
Nomadic native Canadians follow their food they have no permanent residence |
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Red River cart |
Are cars made out of wood and pulled by oxen sometimes connected to other cards to form a train |
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Pemmican |
Dried buffalo meat mixed with fat and Berry |
Edible |
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National Committee of the Metis |
A group created to protect native land and interest |
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Provisional government |
Created by Louis Riel to replace the HBC rule |
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Metis bill of Rights |
Request of the metis sent to Ottawa. Basically their demands for Confederation |
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Pacific Scandal |
Papers stolen from sir HughAllan they were given to opposition Liberal Party live said the papers proved a bribe was given to the Macdonald government from Allen and friends |
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A bribe |
A sum of money often, but a bride is when you give something to someone and expect something in return if you do not expect something in return usually its a donation |
Come on this is easy |
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company |
The company that made the railway invented it |
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The national policy? |
Keep cheaper American goods out of Canada. Encourage Canadians to buy Canadian goods. Fill the prairie land with settlers. Settlers buy goods from East Canada let them cell agricultural products to East Canada to encourage Railway. |
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Navvies |
The name of the workers who worked on the railway |
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Spikers |
People who hammered the track |
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Trestle |
Is a framework used as a Bridge to support the railway tracks |
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The colonist car |
The colonists car is what poor settlers stayed on on the train |
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What does NWMP stand for? |
Northwest Mounted Police |
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What was John a McDonalds solution for the lack of law and illegal alcohol trade |
Northwest Mounted Police |
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List what you think the main duties of the Northwest Mounted Police would be |
The main ones with me keep the peace, prevent crime, catch criminals. The ones we thought of as a class or keep the peace prevent crime catch criminals enforce law represent government befriend aboriginals |
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Which government in Canada looks after the following automobile licenses |
Provincial |
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Which government in Canada looks after goods and service tax GST |
Federal |
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Which government in Canada looks after sales tax |
Provincial |
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Which Canadian government looks after each of the following immigration to Canada |
Federal |
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Which government in Canada looks after immigration to Canada |
Federal |
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Which government in Canada looks after penitentiaries |
Federal |
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Z which government in Canada looks after Ontario Provincial Police |
Provincial. Obviously |
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Which government and Canada looks after Algonquin Park |
Federal |
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Which government in Canada looks after customs |
Federal |
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Which government looks after income tax |
Both federal and provincial |
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Which government looks after Veterans |
Federal |
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Which government looks after Canadian Embassies in other countries |
Federal |
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Which Canadian government looks after the restructuring of hospitals |
Provincial |
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Which Canadian government looks after land transfer tax |
Provincial |
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What government in Canada looks after universities |
Provincial |
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What government in Canada looks after the armies |
Federal |
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What is the provincial government in charge of |
Things in the province |
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What does the federal government look after |
Things in the country |
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What does the provincial government look after what does the federal government look after do they look after the same things |
The provincial government looks after the province while the federal government looks after the country they are not the same |
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