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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was discovered in British Columbia that caused many people to stampede there?
Cattle
Timber
Gold
Salmon
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was British Columbia called at the time?
Northern Columbia
B.C.
New Caledonia
North American Columbia
- 3. Multiple Choice
How much money did Chinese workers make?
a penny a day
a quarter a day
a dollar a day
room and board
- 4. Multiple Choice
How many Chinese workers died building the railroad?
60
100
600
1000
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who was John Ware?
a soldier keeping the peace in western Canada
a former slave and cowboy
a gold miner
a railway worker
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who was James Ross?
a cowboy
a railway engineer
a gold miner
a soldier
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where did the Canadian railroad get through the Rocky Mountains?
Rocky Mountain Pass
Dead Man's Pass
Kicking Horse Pass
Death Valley Pass
- 8. Multiple Choice
Where were railway workers recruited from?
The United States
Quebec
China
eastern Canada
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was promised to B.C. if they joined Confederation?
gold
a railroad
a million dollars
cattle
- 10. Multiple Choice
What river was the gold found?
Mackenzie River
Klondike River
Red Deer River
Saskatchewan River
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did the Canadian government need to form the Yukon territory?
because the railway went through it
to take it away from the First Nations people
to make laws for the gold miners
to keep it away from the Americans
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the person in charge of the North West Mounted Police?
John A MacDonald
Martha Black
Sam Steele
Samuel de Champlain
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the largest city in the west, in the Yukon during the time of the gold rush?
Yellowknife
Dawson City
Whitehorse
Calgary
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who promised B.C. that the railroad would come to them, and encouraged them to join Canada?
Sam Steele
John A MacDonald
John Ware
Martha Black
- 15. Multiple Choice
What year did Canada become a country?
1905
1900
1867
1791
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