REVIEW
The Rebellions
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Socials 10
Hartigan
Using your notes & the textbooks (Horizons & Challenge of the West), complete the following review
questions on a separate piece of paper.
Please answer in FULL SENTENCES!
The Red River Rebellion (9 marks)
1. In a paragraph summarize the main events of the Red River Rebellion (or Resistance). Include
the causes and results.
2. What was Louis Riel’s role in the Red River Rebellion?
The Metis Flee Westward (9 marks)
1. Describe the terms of the Manitoba Act
2. Macdonald sent troops to the Red River Valley. Describe how the troops treated the Metis,
and explain what Macdonald’s rationalization for that treatment was.
3. What is “scrip” and what did it present such a problem for the Metis?
The Metis in the Northwest (6 marks)
1. What were the “Laws of St. Laurent”?
2. Describe how Lawrence Clarke treated the Metis
3. What happened in the “Hunt of 1875”?
The First Nations Peoples in the Northwest (10 marks)
1. What were the main reasons for the formation of the Northwest Mounted Police?
2. Summarize the treaty process in Manitoba. What was promised to the natives? What area
did the government want the natives to live in? What agreements did the government not live
up to? Why did the natives sign these treaties?
The National Dream (10 marks)
1. Give reasons why John A. Macdonald felt building the CPR was a vital step toward maintaining
Canadian unity.
2. Describe the Pacific Scandal
3. Describe Macdonald’s “National Policy”.
4. Who were the men that made up the “CPR Syndicate”?
5. What did the CPR Syndicate change as soon as they won the CPR contract?
6. What problems did British Columbia present to the railway construction?
7. Who was William Van Horne? What is he known for?
8. How did the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 contribute to the completion of the CPR?
The Northwest Rebellion of 1885 (6 marks)
1. Why did the Metis want title to the land they occupied in the Northwest?
2. Who was Gabriel Dumont? What happened to him after the rebellion?
3. What happened to the native leaders who were arrested?
4. What happened to Louis Riel? Why did Macdonald not agree to show compassion for Riel?