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chapter 7 vocabulary
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01/13/2011

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Sir wilfrid Laurier
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he was the leader of the Liberals, become the firt French-Canadian elected
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Imperialism
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someone who practies imperialim, the policy of extending control of a region or regions by one nation
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The British Empire
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the group of countries colonized by Britiain, such as Canada, india, south Africa and so on
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The Boer War
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for Canada, the most important militray event before WW 1 was the south Afrian was sometimes called the Boer war
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Compromise
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a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
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Henri Bourassa
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he was for Quebec, a former Liberal ally, led the opposition to Laurier's decision
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HMS DREADNAUGHT
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the forst "all-big-gun" battleship
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Naval Service Act
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According to the terms of the act, Canada would have a navy of its own, which would be turned over to the BRitish on times of emergency
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"tin pot Navy"
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immperialists ridiculed the proposed "tin-pot" navy
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Reciprocity
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an exchange, or sharing
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the Alaska Panhandle
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hte strip of coastline extending south from Alaska as far as prince of wales island off the coast of British Columbia
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The Yukon Gold Rush
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was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and for gold prospecting, along the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada after gold was discovered there in the late 19th century.
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Breadbasket of the world
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thsi intirn encouraged the expansion of manufacturing industries
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Last Best West
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was say the last best lot on the land
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Clifford Sifton
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was Laurier's minuster of the interior, in charge of immigration
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Dryland farming
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farming method practised in regions with insufficient rainfall, for example, soil cultivation that rudces
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Push factor
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In migration, any adverse factor which causes movement away from the place of residence
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Pull factor
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A positive factor exerted by the locality towards which people move
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Doukhobors
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a group of russians who left their homeland because service in the army was against their religious beliefs (push factor) and on search of free land (pull factor)
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Home children
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Between 1869 and the early 1930s, over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain during the child emigration movement.
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soddie
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the first house was often made of mud-covered sod on a wood frame
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Tenement
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a crowded, usually cheap, building with many apartments, often owned by a company and rented to workers
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Railway city
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many cities in western Canada owe their existence to the coming of the railway also the cities often trade fur centtres for that were chosen as divisional centres for the expanding railway
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unions
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an organization of workers that negotiates matters such as wages and working conditions with employers
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James Dunsmir
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Coal Dunsmir was his dad. James go a bigger house then his dad
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Dunsmir Coal
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was a weathy man and also he own a Canadian industry and finance were controlled
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Strikebreakers
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asian workers who agreed to work for poor wages, to replace to works how did not work
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Frank Oliver
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replaced Sifton as minister of the Interior
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Asiatic Exclusion League
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Opponents of Asian immigration formed the league
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Contiunous Passage
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Immigrates were reguired to come to Canada via a non-stop, direct route from their country of origin also from India it was impossible
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Kornagata Maru
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was a vessel that left July 23 out of Vancouver harbour by the cruiser Rainbow
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stuffrage
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a person who advocates extending the right to vote especially to women
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Nellie McClung
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was one of the most important stuffragist
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Prohibition
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the banning of the sale and consumption of alcohlic
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Enfranchisement
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to grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, esp. to the right of voting
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National Council of Women of Canada
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is a Canadian advocacy organization based in Ottawa aimed at improving conditions for women, families, and communities
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Aboriginal Title
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the conpect that Native people have ownership (or control) of the land because they were the first to occupy it
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Royal Commission
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an investigation by a person, or persons, into a matter on behalf of the federal or provincial government-their decision is not binding on the government
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Nisga'a Land Claim
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on Agust 4. 1998, representative of the federal and provincial governments, and hte nisga'a first nation sined the first tradty in modern BC
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potlatch
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a ritual of giving away propery and goods that is observed by many West Coast Native bands
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