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CANADA ENTERS THE 20TH CENTURYChapter 1 Answer Keyp. 9 #2-3Describe the situation of women in Canada in the years before WWI.few property rightsfew rights when it came to family management/childrennot persons under the lawall money earned was property of husbandsome worked outside the home before marriage often as servants, factory workers, teachers or nursessuffragists fighting for right to vote, prohibition, end to child labour, etc.Explain why Canadiens did not share any enthusiasm for Canada’s ties to Britain. Do you think their objections were justified? Explain your answer.They did not support ties to Britain because:They saw themselves as French, not BritishThey were nationalists who favoured increased independence from BritainLanguage barriersTheir objections were justified because:Britain put its own needs ahead of Canada (e.g. Alaska Boundary Dispute)Britain often expected Canadians to fight in wars for Britain’s benefit (e.g. Boer War and WWI)Their objections were not justified because:English-Canadians still the majority in Canada, so if they favoured supporting Britain, it was democratic for the Canadian government to cooperate with Britain’s demandsp. 13 #1-4Why did the Canadian government make entry into Canada so easy for most European immigrants?wanted to fill up the West with farmersfelt increased population would increase prosperityWhy were some people upset by the changes to Canada’s ethnic composition?They were ethnocentric and disliked those who they felt were too different from them, even other EuropeansFrench-Canadians feared it would have a negative effect on their language rightsFeared that immigrants would take away Canadian jobsDescribe the steps taken in British Columbia to restrict Asian immigration.head taxrace riots in Vancouvercontinuous passagequotas on immigration from certain nationsDescribe the policies of the federal government that were designed to assimilate Canada’s Aboriginal peoples.reserves created to free up land for settlement enforced farming, but struggled due to lack of skills, equipment and good land population loss due to diseaseresidential schools where young aboriginal children were expected to give up their traditional culture and adopt European waysp. 16 #1-3Describe the contrasts between rich and poor in cities during this period.Rich had servants, electricity, running water, etc.Poor lived in crowded tenements or shacks without clean water or sewage, which caused illnessWhat technological changes were taking place in Canada prior to World War I?electricity and mechanization lead to industrializationincreased consumer goodswireless radios, especially on shipstelephonesautomobiles, electric trams and trolleys and bicycles revolutionized transportationX-rays, rubber gloves and face masks improve hospital sanitationmagic lanterns (a type of slideshow) and stereoscopes improved entertainmentExplain why employers and unions had stormy relation in these years.Workers wanted better pay, hours and working conditions, which employers opposed because it would cut into their profits ................
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