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History Defense Issues

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the Fenians?

a)

They are Irish people straight from Ireland

b)

They are French- American

c)

They were Canadian

d)

They are Irish-Americans

2.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

The belief that the USA had a duty to take over the land of North America

b)

The belief that the USA didn't want to take over the land of North America

c)

The belief that the Fenians wanted to take over North America

d)

The belief that BNA would never be a country

3.

What are the three EXTERNAL factors that pushed the BNA to become a country?

a)

The corn laws, no inter colonial trade and fenian raids

b)

No railway system, manifest Destiny and fenian raids

c)

The fenians raids, manifest Destiny and Britain begins to withdraw its support

d)

No money, the fenians and manifest Destiny

4.

In the Crimean war, who did the British fight?

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

America

5.

Who are the two parties involved in the war of 1812?

a)

Britain and America

b)

France and Britain

c)

Russia and Britain

d)

BNA and the Fenians

6.

What year did Canada become a country?

a)

1812

b)

1866

c)

1867

d)

1865

7.

True or false: Manifest Destiny happened and BNA became a part of the USA for a bit of time in the 1850's

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Canada's capital was appointed by Queen Victoria

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What is Canada's capital?

a)

Toronto

b)

Ottawa

c)

Montreal

d)

Kingston

10.

True or false: Canada West and Canada East each had 65 seats in parliament.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

When you hear the word Fenians, what is your first thought?

a)

Terrorists

b)

Freedom fighters

c)

Illegal activity

d)

Oppressed people

12.

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 ?

a)

The Confederate

b)

Coalition

c)

The Union

d)

The Union Jack

13.

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 ?

a)

The Union

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

The Fenians

d)

The Confederacy

14.

What does exploit mean?

a)

To take advantage of someone or something for one's own benefit

b)

To disadvantage someone for personal gain

c)

To expand on one's domain or land ownership

d)

To hurt or injure another person for one's own benefit

15.

Why did the British begin to withdraw its troops from BNA?

a)

Because the were fighting a war against Russia called the Crimean war

b)

Because having colonies were expensive

c)

The mother country can't solve all of its colonies problems so britain pushed for BNA to form its own country

d)

All of the above