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Canadian History: 1896-1911 - The Laurier Era - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 51 times
- The average score is 12 of 30
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What province was established in 1905? | Alberta | 84%
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| What was the other one? | Saskatchewan | 76%
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| What did the Women's Christian Temperance Union want to ban? | Alcohol | 64%
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| Immigrants from what country were forced to pay a $500 head tax per person to enter Canada by 1904? | China | 64%
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| What city suffered Anti-Oriental Riots in 1907? | Vancouver | 64%
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| Nelly McClung was a leader in fighting for women's right to do what? | Vote | 60%
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| What territory was created in 1898 because of the influx of gold prospectors? | Yukon | 60%
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| The Continuous Journey Regulation was an order-in-council meant to prevent the immigration of people from what country? | India | 56%
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| What state gained a panhandle as a result of a 1903 arbitration between Canada and the United States? | Alaska | 52%
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| What is the name of the river where the gold was found? (Hint: It shares its name with the region and the gold rush.) | Klondike River | 48%
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| What position of government put Clifford Sifton in charge of managing and promoting this immigration? | Minister of the {Interior} | 48%
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| What novel, featuring a redheaded Nova Scotian orphan, did Lucy Maud Montgomery write in 1908? | Anne of Green Gables | 44%
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| The Grey Cup was awarded for the first time in 1909 for the champions of what sport? | Football | 44%
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| What war created a political crisis in Canada, where Canadians argued whether to send soldiers overseas to fight for Britain? | {Second} {Boer} War | 44%
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| What major sporting and entertainment event started in Calgary in 1912? | The Calgary {Stampede} | 44%
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| What tonic turned popular soft drink did a Toronto pharmacist invent in 1908? | Canada Dry Ginger Ale | 40%
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| In what sport did Tommy Burns become a world champion, the only Canadian ever to do so in the top weight class? | Boxing | 36%
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| What political crisis in Manitoba forced Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell to resign? | Manitoba {Schools} Question | 36%
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| Laurier then became prime minister in 1896... but what first name did he usually go by? | Wilfrid | 36%
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| What major infrastructure projects were built at Shawnigan, Quebec, in 1903, and at Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1910? | Hydroelectric Dams | 32%
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| What nickname did critics give to the Liberals' planned navy, implying sailors might as well be floating in a type of cookware? | The {Tin} {Pot} Navy | 32%
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| What type of vehicle was the "Silver Dart", the first of its kind to operate in Canada? | Airplane | 28%
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| What Massachusetts sporting event did Tom Longboat, from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, dominate in 1907? | Boston Marathon | 20%
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| What region of Western Canada enjoyed an immigration and agricultural boom from 1896-1914? | Prairies | 20%
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| What slogan advertised this region of Canada on posters and pamphlets throughout Europe? | The {Last} {Best} West | 20%
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| What resource made industrialist James Dunsmuir so rich that he built the expansive Hatley Castle? | Coal | 16%
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| What female Impressionist artist painted landscapes and indigenous art, and is now the namesake of the most prestigious Canadian art university? | Emily Carr | 16%
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| The Komagata Maru, a ship turned away by that regulation, started its journey from what British holding? | Hong Kong | 16%
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| Dunsmuir used his power to encourage the provincial militia to break up what type of organization? | Labour Union | 8%
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| Banned since 1885, what indigenous ceremony of giving gifts and feasting had to be carried out in secret? Hint: A derived English word refers to a gathering where everyone brings food to share. | Potlatch | 8%
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