History & Citizenship 304
CHAPTER 6: TEST
The Modernization of Quebec Society [1930-1980]
WHAT TO STUDY?
1. Your NOTES and your VOCABULARY LIST. You can also review the relevant
textbook pages for additional information.
2. Additionally, pay particular attention to the following DOCUMENTS in your textbook:
document 15 on page 150
document 17 on page 152
document 26 on page 156
document 29 on page 158
document 35 on page 160
document 48 on page 171
document 49 on page 171
document 54 on page 174
document 55 on page 175
[The Padlock Law]
[Divorce and the Catholic Church]
[War production during the Second World War]
[Results of the 1942 Referendum]
[Measures to modernize agriculture]
[New ministries under Lesage]
[The number of civil servants from 1961 to 1987]
[The creation of Crown Corporation from 1962-69]
[The number of priests in 1960 and 1981]
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN STUDYING:
Lesson 1: Today - Governance & Social Values
What is state governance?
How do citizens help pay for government programs/services?
How can citizens participate in political life?
Lesson 2: The Depression & its Consequences
What were the consequences of the Depression?
How did the government respond? What is the Unemployment Relief Act?
Were the measures implemented by the government a success?
What was the New Deal? Why was it never implemented?
What new federal political parties emerged at this time? Which provincial party
gained popularity in Quebec at this time? What did it promote?
Lesson 3: Quebec from 1936-1939
Who was Maurice Duplessis? What were his beliefs? Who did he oppose?
Who opposed Duplessis? Why?
Lesson 4: Quebec during WWII 1939-1945
What happened to the Canadian economy during WWII?
What powers did the War Measures Act give to the federal government? What
are Victory Bonds?
What role did women play in WWII?
What happened during the Conscription Crisis of 1942? What were the results
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of the plebiscite/referendum? Why did this cause tension in Canada?
Who was Adelard Godbout? How did he modernize/democratize Quebec?
Lesson 5: Quebec under Duplessis 1944-1959
How did Duplessis enable economic growth?
How did Duplessis fight for provincial autonomy?
How did Duplessis limit government intervention?
What social problems emerged during this time?
How did the population increase after WWII? [Baby Boom & Immigration]
Who opposed Duplessis at this time?
Lesson 6: Quebec & The Quiet Revolution 1960-1966
What was the Quiet Revolution? What event marks the beginning of the Quiet
Revolution? What was the slogan at this time? What is secularization?
How did French Canadians start referring to themselves? Why?
How did education change in Quebec? What was the Parent Commission?
What is economic nationalism? What are crown corporations?
Lesson 7: The effects of the Quiet Revolution
How did attitudes change regarding the church, women and youth?
What happened to union membership as a result of the Quiet Revolution?
What were the achievements of the feminist movement at this time?
Why did some Quebec nationalists suggest separation at this time? Which
separatist parties formed in Quebec as a result? What is the Office de la
Langue Francaise?
Lesson 8: Quebec in the 1970s
What happened to the pace of the reforms in the 1970s?
Who was Robert Bourassa? What was his focus?
What was the FLQ? What was their agenda? What was the October Crisis?
Why did the federal government enact the War Measures Act?
What was the purpose of the 1980 referendum? Who won? By how much?
Why did the economy decline in the 1970s?
How did Bourassa try to improve the situation? What was the James Bay
Project? Why were the aboriginals upset? What was the James Bay and
Norther Quebec Agreement?
What was the Common Front?
What was Bill 101?
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