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What political crisis in Manitoba forced Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell to resign?
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Manitoba Schools Question
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Laurier then became prime minister in 1896... but what first name did he usually go by?
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Wilfrid
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What region of Western Canada enjoyed an immigration and agricultural boom from 1896-1914?
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Prairies
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What slogan advertised this region of Canada on posters and pamphlets throughout Europe?
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The Last Best West
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What position of government put Clifford Sifton in charge of managing and promoting this immigration?
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Minister of the Interior
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What territory was created in 1898 because of the influx of gold prospectors?
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Yukon
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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.)
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Klondike River
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What state gained a panhandle as a result of a 1903 arbitration between Canada and the United States?
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Alaska
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Immigrants from what country were forced to pay a $500 head tax per person to enter Canada by 1904?
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China
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The Continuous Journey Regulation was an order-in-council meant to prevent the immigration of people from what country?
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India
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The Komagata Maru, a ship turned away by that regulation, started its journey from what British holding?
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Hong Kong
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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?
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The Tin Pot Navy
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What city suffered Anti-Oriental Riots in 1907?
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Vancouver
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What province was established in 1905?
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Alberta
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What was the other one?
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Saskatchewan
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What Massachusetts sporting event did Tom Longboat, from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, dominate in 1907?
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Boston Marathon
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What tonic turned popular soft drink did a Toronto pharmacist invent in 1908?
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Canada Dry Ginger Ale
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What novel, featuring a redheaded Nova Scotian orphan, did Lucy Maud Montgomery write in 1908?
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Anne of Green Gables
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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?
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Boxing
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What type of vehicle was the "Silver Dart", the first of its kind to operate in Canada?
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Airplane
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What major sporting and entertainment event started in Calgary in 1912?
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The Calgary Stampede
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The Grey Cup was awarded for the first time in 1909 for the champions of what sport?
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Football
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Nelly McClung was a leader in fighting for women's right to do what?
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Vote
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What did the Women's Christian Temperance Union want to ban?
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Alcohol
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What war created a political crisis in Canada, where Canadians argued whether to send soldiers overseas to fight for Britain?
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Second Boer War
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What major infrastructure projects were built at Shawnigan, Quebec, in 1903, and at Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1910?
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Hydroelectric Dams
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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?
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Emily Carr
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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.
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Potlatch
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What resource made industrialist James Dunsmuir so rich that he built the expansive Hatley Castle?
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Coal
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Dunsmuir used his power to encourage the provincial militia to break up what type of organization?
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Labour Union
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