History of Québec and Canada

Module7 Exam

Number52

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Secondary4

September2002

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1.GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1ProgramHistory of Québec and Canada, Secondary 4

1.2OriginThis Module7 examination, which incorporates several questions from Module 6, was put together by a group of Social Studies teachers from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board.

Revision: Patricia Juliano, BIM, Société GRICS

Computerization: Marie Ain Malak

Graphic design: Aimé Bédard and Marianne Awaad

1.3Time suggested45 minutes

1.4Number of questionsThe exam comprises 20 questions in 2 parts.

Part A: 14 multiple-choice questions

Part B: 6 constructed-answer questions

Note:5Questions treat the objectives of Module6.

The exam items were selected as representative questions to assess the weighted range of skills defined in the domain for the History of Québec and Canada course.

All items can be found in the BIM History of Québec and Canada 585414 item bank.

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2.ITEM SPECIFICATIONS

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C / : / Short-constructed answer questions
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D / : / Level of difficulty / F / : / Easy
M / : / Medium
D / : / Difficult
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3.CORRECTION KEY

PART A:Questions 1 to 14
(5marks or 0marks)
1 / D / 8 / C
2 / D / 9 / C
3 / C / 10 / B
4 / D / 11 / D
5 / D / 12 / B
6 / A / 13 / B
7 / B / 14 / A
PART B:Questions 15 to 20

a)The right to vote

b)Second World War

a)The Great Depression

b)Unemployment

c)World War II

The conscription crisis

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Farmers supported the Duplessis government because it slowed down the modernization of society. Also, it gave them farm credit and rural electrification.

Anglophone businesspeople or employers supported the Duplessis government because it was anti-union and defended their interests.

The clergy or religious communities supported Duplessis because he left them in charge of health, social services and education. They could thus maintain their influence over the population.

To obtain full marks, the student must correctly name the group and give the reason it supported Duplessis.

Standard: 2 out of 2

4 / 5 / 6

To obtain marks, the student must indicate at least two of the three events.

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History of Québec and Canada

Module7 Exam

Number52

Question Booklet

Secondary4

September2002

Instructions
1.Fill in the information required on the cover of your Answer Booklet.
2.Answer all questions in the Answer Booklet. Each question is worth 5marks.
3.Hand in both the Question Booklet and the Answer Booklet at the end of the period.
Time: 45minutes

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PART A:Questions 1 to 14
In your Answer Booklet, blacken the letter of the answer chosen.

At the beginning of the 20thcentury, certain events led Canadians to take a stand on the role of Canada in the British Empire. On three occasions, Canadians were asked to support Britain:

participation in the Boer War

the creation of a navy

participation in World War1

What was the attitude of French Canadians on these occasions?

A) / As members of the British Empire, they thought Canada had an obligation to provide Britain with troops and money.
B) / They wanted to participate more actively in the wars of the British Empire in order to obtain more political advantages.
C) / They questioned the basis of Confederation and wanted Québec to be an independent country.
D) / They opposed the obligatory and automatic participation of Canada in the wars of the British Empire and wanted more autonomy for Canada.
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The economic crisis of 1929 is a perfect example of an economy in recession, a period in which there is a general decrease in economic activity. A circle is often used to represent an economic recession.

Match each of the following phases with a lettered space in the diagram below.

1.Decrease in employment

2.Decrease in production

3.Decrease in demand

Which of the following combinations is correct?

A) / a3, b2 and c1 / C) / a1, b3 and c2
B) / a2, b3 and c1 / D) / a2, b1 and c3
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In each of the following sets, select the characteristic that describes Canadian society during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

POLITICS
1.The federal government intervened at the start of the crisis by introducing unemployment insurance.
2.New political parties emerged and proposed new solutions.
3.The federal government took steps to reduce public services to the population.
ECONOMY
4.Canadian businesses produced principally for the domestic market; the economy experienced little difficulty as a result of the worldwide depression.
5.The Canadian government adopted free trade with the United States to resolve the depression.
6.Among those hardest hit by the depression were the pulp and paper industry, mining, and farmers in western Canada.
SOCIETY
7.Affected by the same problems, owners and workers developed more co-operative relations.
8.Misery was widespread and many people lost hope.
9.Social programs prevented Canadians from experiencing misery.
A) / 1, 6 and 7 / C) / 2, 6 and 8
B) / 2, 4 and 9 / D) / 3, 5 and 8
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In 1942, in the middle of World War II, the government of Canada faced a dilemma. On the one hand, it wanted to increase the number of Canadian troops in the war and, on the other hand, it had promised the people it would not impose conscription for military service overseas.

To resolve this dilemma, Mackenzie King's government asked the people of Canada the following question:

Are you in favour of releasing the government from any obligation arising out of any past commitments restricting the methods of raising men for military service?
YES / NO

Which statement below describes the people's answer to the question?

A) / Most English Canadians said "No"; the vast majority of French Canadians said "Yes".
B) / Most Canadians, French and English alike, said "Yes".
C) / The vote was split down the middle for both English Canadians and French Canadians.
D) / Most English Canadians said "Yes"; the vast majority of French Canadians said "No".
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The following documents relate a major turning point in the history of Québec and Canada.

To which of the periods below do these documents refer?

Women free to join Canadian army

All services are recruiting women. / June 27
OTTAWA – Women are to be enrolled as members of the Canadian army. The decision has thus been to create a female branch for each of the fighting services, rather than a single, unified women's corps reinforcing the army, navy, and air force. Recruiting will begin in September and may be expected to exceed 21000.

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990, p. 689.

This RCAF recruiting poster appeals to a mother's pride. / The aviator is a valued member of the military team which represents Canada in the war effort.

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990, p. 694.

A) / World WarI / C) / The Great Depression
B) / The Roaring Twenties / D) / World WarII
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World War II had serious repercussions on Québec.

Which three of the following documents illustrate repercussions of the war on the people of Québec?

Document 1

Québec Ministry of Education / Document 2

Dickinson, J.A., Young, B., Diverse Pasts, A History of Québec and Canada, 2nd edition, Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., p. 323.
Document 3

Dickinson, J.A., Young, B., Diverse Pasts, A History of Québec and Canada, 2nd edition, Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., p. 303. / Document 4

Québec Ministry of Education
Document 5

Québec Ministry of Education / Document 6

Dickinson, J.A., Young, B., Diverse Pasts, A History of Québec and Canada, 2nd edition, Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., p. 273.
A) / 1, 2 and 4 / C) / 3, 4 and 6
B) / 1, 2 and 5 / D) / 3, 5 and 6
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During World WarII, a major event caused a rise in Québec nationalism.

Which document below illustrates this event?

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Which of the following tables indicates an economic change in Québec during the Duplessis era?

Document A
Urban Population in Québec / Document B
Immigration to Québec
Years / Percentage (%)
1941
1951
1961 / 61.2
66.3
74.3
/ Population
(in thousands of inhabitants)
Document C
Rural Electrification in Québec / Document D
Labour Conflicts in Québec
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The Duplessis years were marked by growing conflict between tradition and change.

Which two of the following illustrate traditional aspects of Quebec society during the Duplessis era?

1. / Freedom of religious and artistic expression
2. / Nationalized electricity
3. / Generous financial support for rural areas
4. / The role of the Church in education
5. / Support for the unions' demands in the mining sector
A) / 1 and 3 / C) / 3 and 4
B) / 2 and 5 / D) / 4 and 5

Maurice Duplessis was premier of Québec for almost 20years. The election of his government marked the beginning of a period of conflict between traditional and modern values.

Which statement shows the resistance of Duplessis to change?

A) / "Apart from his jurisdictional gains, Duplessis presented a number of symbolic nationalist measures, such as the adoption of the Québec flag."

James A. Marsh, ed., The Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurting Publishers Ltd)., 1988, p. 637.

B) / Duplessis took a firm stand against strikes and never hesitated to call in the police to force workers back to their jobs.

Translated from: CACHAT, Gérard, À la recherche de mes racines (Lidec inc., Montréal, 1984), p. 626.

C) / In 1954 he created a provincial income tax. This proved to be a positive measure, allowing Québec, after 1960, to gain more control over its economic development.

Translated from: CACHAT, Gérard, À la recherche de mes racines (Lidec inc., Montréal), 1984, p. 627.

D) / [He brought about] "improvements in rural roads and the introduction of electricity in rural areas... useful measures that helped Québec farmers modernize their operations at modest cost."

John A. Dikinson and Brian Young, Diverse Pasts: A History of Québec and Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Copp Clark Ltd., 1995), p.341.

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Which of the following sets of events took place during the Quiet Revolution, the period indicated on the time line by the letter X?

A) / The implementation of health insurance (Medicare)
The start of the construction of the James Bay hydro-electric project
B) / The passing of Bill101
The coming to power of the Parti québécois
C) / The creation of general and vocational colleges (CEGEPs)
The publication of Premier Daniel Johnson's Equality or Independence
D) / The creation of hospital insurance
The nationalization of electricity
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Which two social changes began to take shape in Québec during the Quiet Revolution and continued in the following decades?

1. / The generalized use of nuclear energy created more and more pollution. Environmental groups received considerable support from the population.
2. / The increasing presence of women in the labour market changed the traditional way of thinking and living. Women took their place in the economy and occupied more and more key positions.
3. / The hippie movement led many young people to settle in the country and farm the land. Outlying regions such as Gaspésie, Abitibi and Saguenay–LacSaintJean underwent unprecedented development.
4. / There was a serious decrease in traditional religious practice and in the influence of the Church in society. Religious communities and the clergy had difficulty recruiting. Churches were increasingly empty.
5. / Most immigrants to Québec were from Great Britain and France.
A) / 1 and 2 / C) / 3 and 5
B) / 2 and 4 / D) / 4 and 5
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In the period between 1970 and 1997, a major event, depicted in the documents below, grabbed the attention of all Quebecers.

To which of the following events do these documents refer?

A Call to the Québec People
/
A) / The October Crisis of 1970
B) / The Referendum on Sovereignty-Association in 1980
C) / The Rejection of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990
D) / The Second Referendum on a new Québec-Canada partnership, held in 1995
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The following newspaper headlines refer to important events that have occurred in Québec in the period since the Quiet Revolution (1970-1997).

Place these events in chronological order.

Document 1

Separatist Parti Québécois steamrollers to power
Nov. 15
MONTRÉAL – In an election result that stunned even René Lévesque, the separatist Parti Québécois swept to power tonight. Late returns show the PQ with 69 seats to the Liberals'28 and the Union Nationale's 11. / Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa lost his own seat. "You understand I have not yet had time to assimilate all this," Lévesque told throngs of delirious supporters here after the magnitude of his victory become clear. /
Premier-elect René Lévesque speaks to his supporters after the win.

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990, p. 842.

Document 2

New Canadian Constitution in force

Queen Elizabeth signs the new Canadian Constitution. / April 17
OTTAWA – A jubilant crowd of 32,000 watched on Parliament Hill today as the queen signed the royal proclamation of the Constitution, cutting this country's last colonial tie to Britain. Even a sudden outburst of rain didn't dampen the crowd's spirits, although high winds drowned out much of the queen's address and thunderclaps punctuated Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's speech.
The prime minister praised the Constitution for strengthening protection for French-speaking Canadians outside Québec and for that province's English-speaking residents. He said: "History will show that nothing essential to the originality of Québec has been sacrificed." In Montréal, Premier René Lévesque led a protest rally.

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990, p. 863.

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Document 3

Québec voters say "yes" to Canada
May 22
MONTRÉAL – Canada won and René Lévesque lost. "This hurts me more than any election defeat. I know of what I speak," the Québec premier told supporters tonight after Québecers strongly rejected sovereignty-association.
About 60 percent of the referendum total voted not to give the Québec government a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association with the rest of Canada. These appeared to include a slight majority of francophone voters. It was a particular defeat for Lévesque, who softened the referendum question to make it more palatable. /
Two sides of the sovereignty issue are illustrated on this "house divided."

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990, p. 856.

Document 4

First ministers OK Meech Lake accord
June 3
OTTAWA – "Today, we welcome Québec back to the Canadian constitutional family," Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said at a noontime signing ceremony of an agreement reached by the first ministers on April30 at Meech Lake, Qué., and fine-tuned in 19straight hours of deliberation.

Chronicle of Canada, Chronicle Publications/Éditions Chronique, 1990.

A) / 1 - 3 - 2 - 4 / C) / 3 - 1 - 4 - 2
B) / 2 - 1 - 3 - 4 / D) / 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
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PART B:Questions 15 to 20
Answer all the questions in your Answer Booklet.

The following statements describe steps in the acquisition of an important right obtained by women.

1.The First World War (1914-1918) greatly advanced the cause. wives and close relatives of soldiers fighting in Europe were the first to obtain the right at the federal level. In 1917 it was extended at the federal level to all Canadian women.
2.In Québec, however, women still did not have the right. at the provincial level. Repeated pressure from women' militants like Marie-Gérin Lajoie, Idola Saint-Jean and Thérèse Casgrain helped persuade the government to grant women the right.

a)To what right do these statements refer?

b)During which major event did the government of Québec grant this right to women?

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The text and picture below refer to a major event in the history of Québec and Canada.

Thousands of workers could no longer stand conditions in the relief camps. They organized a protest march to Ottawa. They wanted real work, they said, not slavery. The camps were run by the Department of National Defence, which enforced military rules.

H. Regehr, N. Scheffe, R. Thompson. Canadians in the Twentieth Century, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1987, p. 116.

"Cities provided relief payments to the unemployed... and... attempted to exact work in return"

Relief men pruning trees, St. Helen's Island Park, Montréal.

Trofimenkoff, Susan Mann., The Dream of Nation, Toronto: Gage,
1983, p. 233.

a)To what event do the documents above refer?

b)What major social problem is referred to both in the text and in the picture?

c)What other major event of the first half of the 20thcentury was instrumental in ending the hardships described in the documents?

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The two texts below refer to an important crisis in Québec which provoked a strong reaction from French Canadians.

What name is given to this crisis?

Document 1

"With the war dragging on, the need for men in the allied armies became increasingly more urgent. In 1917, in the face of a shortage of volunteers, the Canadian government declared its intention to adopt compulsory military service. Violence erupted in Québec and Montréal."

Translated from: Cachat À la Recherche de mes racines, p. 506.

Document 2

An eyewitness account by Rosaire Dion (born in Québec in 1901)
The English open fire on the crowd.
"I witnessed the Québec riot... For three or four days, gangs roamed the streets looking to beat up the officials who were chasing draft dodgers. The police were frightened. They called in the army. On Sunday, we found out that a gang of English soldiers from Toronto had just arrived at the train station. These ones had no love for us. I don't really know how it all started, but soldiers fired into the crowd and killed four people."

Translated from: Dion-McKinnon. Notre Histoire, p. 206.

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In Québec, the 1950s are associated with the Maurice Duplessis government. The population included the following social groups:

unskilled workers

farmers with little education

professionals (e.g. lawyers, doctors, notaries, intellectuals)

anglophone businesspeople or employers

the clergy and influential religious communities

To govern, Maurice Duplessis had to obtain the support of a certain number of these social groups.

Of the social groups listed above, three supported the Duplessis government.

Name one of these three groups and give one reason why it supported the Union Nationale led by Maurice Duplessis.

Note:To obtain marks for this question, you must name the group and give the reason it supported Duplessis.

Various events since beginning of the 1970s have contributed to the present state of affairs in Québec.

Which three of the events below have marked Québec's history since 1970?

1. / The creation of Hydro-Québec
2. / The creation of the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec
3. / The Asbestos strike
4. / The enactment of the Charter of the French Language (Bill101)
5. / The patriation of the Constitution by Prime Minister Trudeau
6. / The intensification of negotiations with the Native peoples

Note:To obtain marks for this question, you must indicate at least two of the three events.

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