1. Agenda For Today Jig Saw Activity  Intro to Chapter 5
Terms and Definitions
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2. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Terms homesteader anarchy to secede land speculator paramilitary to galvanize collateral missionaries investment capital backers contract underwrite magistrate industrialist Avarice memos
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3. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
The Métis Flee Westward – pp
Why do you suppose the government issued scrip to the Métis in Manitoba? Keep them happy, never intended to give them land.
Imagine you are a Métis in Manitoba in You receive land scrip for 160 acres. You have no job and food is scarce. A speculator offers you $80 for your scrip. What do you do? Answers will vary
Why did the Métis leave Manitoba in the early 1870s? Government threatened to put them in jail if they didn’t hand in their scrip. Most didn’t have scrip because either it wasn’t given to them or they sold it for $80.
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4. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
The Métis In The Northwest – pp
List the ways in which Lawrence Clarke lowered the standard of living of the Métis and chipped away at their right to govern themselves. By stating the Métis were inferior by hiring them as labourers and paying them very little.
Why would the responsibilities of the captain of the bison hunt be noted in the Laws of St. Laurent? They were noted because the hunt took most of the year and incorporated every fabric of Métis life.
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5. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
The First Nations People’s in the Northwest – pp
What was the effect of the whisky traders on some of the aboriginal peoples? FNs became dependent on alcohol = malnutrician, disease and death
Why did the Canadian government wish to see the whisky traders removed from the Northwest? US take over
List 3 possible alternatives to the treaty process conducted by the Canadian government. (ie. Is there a better way?) share the land, not take it, force FNs to give it up, bribe them …
Provide 2 reasons for the creation of the North West Mounted Police. Drive out the whisky traders, military presence in the NW
Were the treaties with the First Nations freely negotiated or were they forced? Why. The treaties were freely negotiated but manipulated in a way that FNs had to say yes.
B. Stewart
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6. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
The National Dream part 1 – pp
Why was Prime Minister Mackenzie so unwilling to spend more money on the CPR? Cost too much $ after a depression.
Why was Van Horne necessary for the completion of the CPR? He sparked the building into high gear.
In what ways was the CPR and unfair employer? Why were people willing to work under the circumstances they did? Paid little, harsh conditions, hired foreigners, injuries, can’t work, your fired
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7. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
Railway workers normally worked a six day week. Assuming that 3 days a week were lost during the winter, calculate the net pay of a worker between December 1 and March 1.
Daily rate: ______
Number of days worked per week: ______
Number of weeks between Dec. 1 and March 1: _______
Gross pay =
Cost of board = $4.50 per week
=13 x $4.50
= $58.50
Therefore workers would receive _______ money for their work.
$1.50 3 13
$ 58.50
$ 0
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8. 5.1 Introduction to Chapter 5
The Northwest Rebellion of 1885 – pp
Why do you suppose the government ignored the Métis pleas for help? They wanted the land for the building of the CPR
How did the government maintain social control over the First Nations people of the Northwest? Food handouts – make us mad and we won’t feed you
For what reason did Sir John A. Macdonald want a Northwest Rebellion? It helped pay for the CPR as the CPR was almost bankrupt. Now the government stepped in and used tax payer $ to finish the CPR.
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9. Chapter 5 – Introduction Summary
The Métis left the Red River and went to the prairies after the Manitoba Act
1870s, the Métis threatened the CPR and settlers who came from eastern Canada to establish farms
1885, Métis and Canadian Government reached an stalemate, this started the Northwest Rebellion
, the government concluded 7 treaties with Natives which gave Canada access to much of the land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
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