Chapter 3 Building a Nation
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. In the 19th century:
a. workers were well paid
b. people worked long hours
c. unemployed workers received government assistance
d. workers usually lived in comfortable homes
2. The official church in colonial Canada was:
a. Roman Catholic
b. Presbyterian
c. Methodist
d. Anglican
3. Which was true of 19th-century churches in Canada?
a. churches sponsored missionaries
b. churches made decisions about education
c. churches told people who to vote for
d. all of these
e. a. and b. only
4. The Victorian Era was typically:
a. grim
b. optimistic
c. pessimistic
d. frivolous
5. Victorians were obsessed with:
a. being well-educated
b. social status
c. tolerance for other people
d. solving social problems
6. Until the late 19th century, no one knew about:
a. bacteria
b. infection
c. anesthesia
d. all of these
e. a. and b. only
7. When operating in the 19th century, surgeons often:
a. used sterilized instruments
b. scrubbed before touching the patient
c. wore gloves and masks
d. smoked
8. Louis Pasteur discovered an antiseptic. It was called:
a. Listerine
b. carboxylic acid
c. carbolic acid
d. carbonic acid
9. Which of the following was a popular form of Victorian entertainment?
a. movies
b. blood sports
c. basketball
d. listening to recorded music
10. In the 19th century, many people thought:
a. women required as much education as men
b. if necessary, women should be forced to work
c. education and job training for women was unnecessary
d. women were best suited for jobs in medicine
11. A job open to women in the 19th century was:
a. accountant
b. medical doctor
c. schoolteacher
d. stenographer
12. Emily Stowe:
a. was a pioneering medical doctor
b. developed a new system of education
c. was Toronto’s first female lawyer
d. fought for women’s voting rights
13. Which of the following did not exist in the 19th century?
a. movies
b. radio
c. television
d. all of these
14. Transportation in Canada became much easier when:
a. canals were built
b. regular steamer routes were established on the Great Lakes
c. railways were built
d. steam tractors were used on roads
15. 19th-century newspapers lacked:
a. advertisements
b. news items
c. a sports section
d. weather forecasts
16. 19th-century newspapers would have which of the following?
a. political cartoons
b. advice columns
c. horoscopes
d. a technology section
17. Reading 19th-century newspapers today:
a. serves no real purpose
b. can amuse one with their quaintness
c. helps us better understand that era
d. is a good education for journalism students
18. The Gradual Civilization Act (1857) made Aboriginal peoples
citizens of Britain. This was done:
a. to make Aboriginal peoples equal to Europeans
b. to facilitate the treaty process
c. to allow governments to ignore previously made agreements
d. to allow Aboriginal peoples to vote
19. The prevailing attitude toward Aboriginal peoples in the 19th
century was that they were:
a. “wild children”
b. “uncouth savages”
c. “children of the Earth”
d. “wild warriors”
20. The primary aim of the government toward Aboriginal peoples was
to:
a. exterminate them
b. assimilate them
c. segregate them
d. tolerate them
21. “Grey Owl” was the most famous Canadian Aboriginal person of
the early 20th century. In fact:
a. he was an American Sioux
b. he was actually English
c. he exploited a common stereotype
d. he was employed by the HBC to promote “Aboriginal
Awareness”
e. both b. and c.
22. In 1846, the British government repealed the Corn Laws. This:
a. led to the Irish Potato Famine
b. caused an economic depression in Canada
c. made colonial union economically feasible
d. all of these
e. b. and c. only
23. The Rebellion Losses Bill was signed into law by Lord Elgin:
a. because he approved of its provisions
b. because the elected government had passed the bill
c. at gunpoint
d. to annoy the Tories
24. Opponents of the Rebellion Losses Bill responded to its passage
by:
a. burning the Parliament Buildings
b. assassinating Lord Elgin
c. boycotting Parliament
d. assaulting Baldwin
25. Which of the following was not an advantage of Confederation?
a. economic prosperity
b. it would make Canada stronger than the United States
c. it would make a more efficient government
d. it would remove intercolonial tariffs
26. Which of the following is the best definition of “Manifest Destiny”?
a. the United States should rule all of North America
b. the United States should rejoin the British Empire
c. the United States should sell Alaska to the Russians
d. the United States should form an economic union with Canada
27. The American threat to Canada was heightened by:
a. the Reciprocity Treaty
b. the Mexican-American War
c. the American Civil War
d. the Spanish-American War
28. Representation by Population meant:
a. that each colony should have responsible government
b. that each representative should represent about the same
number of people
c. that Canada East and Canada West should have the same
number of representatives
d. that the Legislative Council should be elected
29. The political party which supported the concept of Representation
by Population was the:
a. Parti Rouge
b. Tories
c. Clear Grits
d. Parti Bleu
30. The leader of the Parti Bleu was:
a. Galt
b. Dorion
c. Macdonald
d. Cartier
31. The leader of the Clear Grits was:
a. Baldwin
b. Brown
c. Macdonald
d. Galt
32. The leader of the Tories was:
a. Macdonald
b. Brown
c. Cartier
d. Galt
33. “Double Majority” meant that:
a. all legislation had to be approved twice
b. a majority was needed in both Canada East and Canada West
to pass legislation
c. both the Clear Grits and Tories had to support legislation for it
to pass
d. the governor had to get approval from both the Legislative
Assembly and the Legislative Council
34. The original purpose of the Charlottetown Conference was:
a. to discuss union between the Maritimes and Canada
b. to discuss a Maritime Union
c. to discuss Dominion status for the Maritimes
d. to work out a tariff on fish products
35. The Fenian Raids were:
a. an American attempt to annex Canada by force
b. attacks by Irish nationalists on Canada
c. attacks by Irish nationalists on England
c. attacks by Irish nationalists on the United States
36. The effect of the Fenian Raids was to:
a. convince Canadians that Confederation was a bad idea
b. cause large numbers of British troops to station in Canada
c. convince many that Confederation was necessary
d. cause the British to declare war on the United States
37. The purpose of the Quebec Conference was:
a. to ask the British to grant Dominion status for Canada
b. to convince the Americans to let Canada join the United States
c. to draw up the terms of Confederation
d. to discuss the concept of Confederation
38. The two colonies that rejected the 72 Resolutions were:
a. Canada and Prince Edward Island
b. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
c. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
d. Newfoundland and New Brunswick
39. Under the British North America Act, the Head of State in Canada
is:
a. the Prime Minister
b. the Monarch
c. the Governor General
d. the President of the Senate
40. Under the British North America Act, which of the following is not a
federal responsibility?
a. coinage and currency
b. the maintenance of hospitals
c. fisheries
d. postal service
41. Under the British North America Act, which of the following is not
a federal responsibility?
a. banking
b. unemployment insurance
c. municipal institutions
d. defense
42. Under the British North America Act, which of the following is not
a provincial responsibility?
a. timber
b. navigation
c. administration of justice
d. education
43. Under the British North America Act, which of the following is not
a provincial responsibility?
a. the census
b. business licenses
c. education
d. incorporation of companies
44. What responsibility is shared by the federal and provincial
governments?
a. currency
b. education
c. navigation
d. taxation