CIVITATENSIS

Chapters 3 & 4
1. What happened during the Russian revolution and why did this concern Canadians?
2. What was the Conscription Crisis and how did it affect French-English relations in Canada?
3. What was the Treaty of Versailles and what was the goal/outcome of the treaty?
4. Describe the process by which women became enfranchised in Canada.

Chapter 5
1. When did relief camps begin to improve? What actions brought these changes?
2. What role did tariffs play in the Depression?
3. What was laissez-faire, and how did it affect the depression in Canada?
4. What new national and regional parties were formed during the depression and how did they differ from earlier parties?
5. List and explain the causes of the depression.
6. Explain how people used escapism to help them through the depression.
7. What was the purpose of putting the Dionne Quintuplets on display during the depression?
8. While people were suffering in the depression on the prairies what were conditions like for workers in the city?
9. How does the Stock Market work and why did the Stock Market collapse?
10. What regions of Canada were hit the hardest by the Depression? Why?
11. What happened to the Canadian political leadership during the depression?
12. How did Canadians help each other during the Depression?
13. Why did Canadians name items after Bennett?
14. What is the difference between private and public relief?
15. What was the On-to-Ottawa trek?

Chapters 6.1-6.4

1.What were the causes of World War II?
2.Why did Canada adopt a policy of isolationism? What is isolationism?
3.Why did the League of Nations fail?
4.What alliances were formed amongst countries?
5.What is fascism, and why is it effective for leaders?
6.What brought the United States into the war?
7.What happened during the Italian Campaign?
8.What happened on D-Day?
9.How did Japan conquer Hong Kong?

Chapter #6.5- 6.8

1.How did woman expand their role during the war?
2.What is propaganda, and why is it so effective?
3.What happened to Canada’s economy during the war?
4.What was the conscription crisis?
5.What were the Canadian internment camps?
6.What did Canada do to Japanese-Canadians?
7.Why are war artists important to history?
8.What led to the set-up or build-up of the Cold War?
9.What is the legacy, and what lessons are learned from this war?

Chapter #7.1-7.6

1.What social changes came about in the 1950’s and 1960’s generally speaking?
2.What was the baby boom?
3.What happened to immigration in Canada after the war?
4.What happened to the primary industries after the war?
5.How did the landscape of Canada change?
6.What is the legacy of the Avro Arrow?
7.Why did Canada partake in NORAD and other forms of defense?
8.What are inflation, tariffs, and an economic balance of trade?
9.Who were Canada’s leaders in the 1950’s, and 1960’s?
10.Were there any Civil Rights changes during this time?

Chapter 7.7-7.11
1.Who is Maurice Duplessis, and what is he responsible for?
2.What were reasons why the separatist movement started?
3.How did Charles De Gaulle upset P.M. Lester Pearson?
4.Who is Igor Gouzenko?
5.What were the two major Cold War Alliances that opposed each other?
6.What happened so that the Cuban Missile Crisis became a real threat?
7.What is a détente? What role does it play in diplomacy?
8.What is the United Nations and it’s various departments responsible for?
9.What was Canada’s involvement in the Korean War, The Suez Canal Crisis, and Cyprus?

Chapter #8.1-8.4
1.In what way did Provinces seek more power? Why did they do this?
2.Why did Federal Governments now have to listen more to the provinces?
3.Who is Pierre Trudeau? What would you characterize his leadership by?
4.What third party developed?
5.Who was the Front de Liberation du Quebec?
6.What is sovereignty-association?
7.Was Trudeau government big on spending money?

Chapter # 8.5- 8.9
1.What new roles were women taking on in the 1970’s?
2.What was the White Paper?
3.Did Native-Canadians think that the White paper was fair? Why or why not?
4.How did Canada-American relations become more complex?
5.What was Trudeau’s foreign-policy?
6.What happened to Canada’s sense of culture and nationalism?
7.What big event happened in 1972 for sports fans, and our sense of pride?
8.What was Canada’s immigration policy in the 1970’s?
9.What is the legacy of David Suzuki?

Chapter # 9.0-9.2
1.Why was the creation of Nunavut important to the aboriginal people?
2.What was the significance of Charlottetown and Meech Lake?
3. What were Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney greatest accomplishments in terms of national unity?