TEST OUTLINE: CHAPTER 2



TEST OUTLINE: CHAPTER 2

CONFEDERATION

Test date: Tuesday January 20

Concepts / Big Ideas

*Empowerment / disempowerment

*The Process of Confederation:

-external and internal factors pushing towards confederation

-reasons for and against

-people/parties/colonies involved

-issues and concerns for all of the colonies (deal vs. ideal?)

-The conferences

*Confederation achieved:

-Who’s in? Who’s out? and why?

-Compared to United States

-British North America Act and federal system. Reflecting the process?

-Division of Power between provincial and federal governments

*Political cartoon analysis

Vocabulary / People:

John. A. Macdonald

George E. Cartier

George Brown

Fenians

Political deadlock

Manifest Destiny

Responsible government

American Civil War

Mercantilism

Corn laws

Reciprocity

Confederation

Quebec Conference

Charlottetown Conference

London Conference

Federal union

Great Coalition

Representation by population (rep by pop) British North America Act

Format:

-Multiple choice (20-25)

-Written response

-You will have 75 minutes to complete the test.

A FEW REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What factors led the colonies to try to work toward a federal union? Was

Confederation inevitable?

2. Why was “rep by pop” favoured by Canada West but not by Canada East?

3. Why was there a political stalemate, or deadlock, in the Legislative Assembly?

What parties were involved in this deadlock?

4. Who wanted a railway built and why? Why did merchants in Cda East and West

want a railroad built?

5. What happened at the Charlottetown Conference? At the Quebec Conference?

6. What is “Manifest Destiny”? How did it contribute to Confederation?

7. What are the arguments for and against Confederation?

8. What factor(s) contributed most to the desire to work towards a federal union between the colonies?

9. What was Britain’s attitude toward Confederation?

10. How does the BNA act reflect the process by which it was created? Explain.

11. Who was the most important person in Confederation? Why?

12. If you were a farmer in Canada East, would you support Confederation? Why?

13. How was power divided between the Federal and provincial governments? Was

the division of powers in the BNA Act fair?

14. Who were the Fenians? Why were they important to Confederation?

15. “Confederation was more deal than ideal.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement and why?

16. How can the process and achievement of Confederation be seen as an exercise in empowerment? * Consider social / cultural, economic, political on the national and colonial level.

17. How did the process by which Canada became a country differ from the U.S.?

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