WorksheetsHistory Defense Issues
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who are the Fenians?
They are Irish people straight from Ireland
They are French- American
They were Canadian
They are Irish-Americans
What is Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the USA had a duty to take over the land of North America
The belief that the USA didn't want to take over the land of North America
The belief that the Fenians wanted to take over North America
The belief that BNA would never be a country
What are the three EXTERNAL factors that pushed the BNA to become a country?
The corn laws, no inter colonial trade and fenian raids
No railway system, manifest Destiny and fenian raids
The fenians raids, manifest Destiny and Britain begins to withdraw its support
No money, the fenians and manifest Destiny
In the Crimean war, who did the British fight?
France
Russia
Germany
America
Who are the two parties involved in the war of 1812?
Britain and America
France and Britain
Russia and Britain
BNA and the Fenians
What year did Canada become a country?
1812
1866
1867
1865
True or false: Manifest Destiny happened and BNA became a part of the USA for a bit of time in the 1850's
True
False
Canada's capital was appointed by Queen Victoria
True
False
What is Canada's capital?
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Kingston
True or false: Canada West and Canada East each had 65 seats in parliament.
True
False
When you hear the word Fenians, what is your first thought?
Terrorists
Freedom fighters
Illegal activity
Oppressed people
During the American civil war there were two sides fighting against each other, the North and the South. What was the North also known as ?
The Confederate
Coalition
The Union
The Union Jack
During the American civil war there were two sides fighting against each other, the North and the South. What was the South also known as ?
The Union
Manifest Destiny
The Fenians
The Confederacy
What does exploit mean?
To take advantage of someone or something for one's own benefit
To disadvantage someone for personal gain
To expand on one's domain or land ownership
To hurt or injure another person for one's own benefit
Why did the British begin to withdraw its troops from BNA?
Because the were fighting a war against Russia called the Crimean war
Because having colonies were expensive
The mother country can't solve all of its colonies problems so britain pushed for BNA to form its own country
All of the above
