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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