1. Canadian Pacific Railway & John A. Macdonald
Socials 10: Ms. Pasichnyk

2. Macondald’s “NATIONAL DREAM”
Join Canada from, “Sea to Sea” within ____ years of
BC entering Confederation in ______.

3. Pacific Scandal of 1872
Macdonald accepted $360,00 from __________ to finance the ______________
This ___________ took down the conservative government
Led to Macdonald’s ____________ in 1873
next PM: _________________

4. Macdonald’s Return & The National Policy in 1876
3 main issues of the policy
a. Protective tariffs: so _____ goods were too expensive for the ____________ market
b. Encourage settlement in the ______
c. Complete the ____________
Overall: election scheme to _________ build

5. Money & Management of the CPR
Group of private investors (CPR Syndicate) privately funded the construction of the CPR
General manager of the CPR was_____________________________
He was intelligent, _____________ & efficient
Completed ______ years ahead of schedule

6. Challenges to the building of the CPR...
rocky & mountainous terrain
lack of $
workers were forced to _____________
gov’t had to step in with $____ million

7. Entirely built by hand...
__________ people worked on the CPR during peak construction
Dangerous and dirty work
Difficult living and working conditions (pp )

8. CPR “Saves the Nation”
The CPR’s completion was instrumental in stopping the ___________ Rebellion of
The CPR made it possible to transport Canadian __________ to the battlefield at ___________ which resulted in the ____________ of Riel and his eventual ___________.

9. Completed _____, 1885 in Craigellchie, BC
The last spike was driven in by _______________

10. Websites used for photos:
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