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In its colonial period, Canada was transferred from French ownership to British ownership as a result of what war?
The Seven Years' War
The Hundred Years' War
The Napoleonic Wars
The Crimean War
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Though the rest of Canada gradually started speaking English, what Canadian province still speaks French as its primary language, reflecting that province's history of cultural division with its neighboring provinces?
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Manitoba
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In 1838, what unsuccessful rebellion was led throughout Canada in the hopes of gaining independence from Britain?
The Red Cliffs Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion
The Gurney Rebellion
The Patriote Rebellion
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The British government was further convinced to give Canada greater autonomy by what historic report where a British official recommended Canada have its own "responsible government"?
The Francis Report
The Gerber Report
The Durham Report
The Bixley Report
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In 1840, what British law united most Canadian colonies into a singular federation, with the last holdout colonies being added later?
The Canada Pact
The Act of Union
The Colswell Proclamation
The First Step
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In 1849, what political faction burned down the Canadian Parliament Building to protest a bill that compensated victims of the Patriote Rebellion?
The Tories
The Wellers
The Masons
The Carders
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What numbered list of rules presented at the 1864 Quebec Conference became the basis for Canada's upcoming Constitution?
The 14 Points
The 10 Commandments
The 72 Resolutions
The 95 Theses
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On July 1st, 1867, Canada officially became self-governing although it was still a part of the British Empire. What term of classification was attached to Canada to represent this new state of sovereignty?
A Principality
A Dominion
A Duchy
An Oligarchy
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What Founding Father of Canada was also the nation's first prime minister?
Franklin Goebbels
John MacDonald
Peter Farnacelli
Douglas Fortner
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John MacDonald formed what iconic police corps that would journey on horseback to the most remote regions of Canada and settle disputes there?
The Pinkertons
The Pony Express
The Dallies
The Mounties
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What early Canadian rebel led the Red River Rebellion and the Northwest Rebellion on behalf of the mistreated Metis people?
Porter Llewelyn
John Headscarn
Anton Lavoisier
Louis Riel
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Canada's Indian Act of 1876 started what schooling system that sought to integrate Native American children into Canadian society but often ended up neglecting their students to the point that many of them died?
Bowling Grey Schools
Merciful Heart Schools
Guppy Schools
Residential schools
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When gold was found in the Yukon, Canada got into a dispute with what other country over the sovereignty of Alaska's Skagway port?
Russia
The U.S.A.
France
The Netherlands
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What Canadian province was added to the union in 1949, making it the most recent addition to Canada?
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Alberta
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What famous railway tycoon oversaw the development of the Canadian Pacific Railroad that spurred the urbanization of Canada's furthest reaches?
William Cornelius Van Horne
Joseph Cronkite Abernathie
Thomas-James Page Brown
Jean-Luc Ozanne
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Canada's Hundred Days was a critical offensive that helped win what major war?
World War One
World War Two
The Korean War
The Falklands War
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What man was the first French Canadian Prime Minister of Canada and used his unique position to help unite his own people and the English Canadians?
Develin Finer
Alexandre Perrusquia
Wilfrid Laurier
Thomas Cobb
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What Canadian World War One hero was the first general from Canada to lead British forces in open warfare?
Oswald Dukakis
Franklin Pert
Arthur Currie
Donald Watt
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The Famous Five, some of Canada's most prominent early suffragettes, successfully argued what famous case before the Supreme Court that allowed women to be senators?
The Piedmont Case
The Richter Case
The Persons Case
The Dobbs Case
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In what year did Canada first give votes to women (specifically, women who were related to soldiers)?
1917
1925
1940
1954
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What prime minister led Canada through World War One and demanded an equal seat at the table during the subsequent Paris Peace Conference?
Robert Borden
Howard Warpole
Alvin I. Hester
Charles O. Foreguard
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Canada entered what constitutional crisis when Governor General Lord Byng refused to dissolve Parliament?
The Byng-Bong Affair
The Bung-By-Byng Affair
The Byng's Ring Affair
The King-Byng Affair
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What prime minister involved in the King-Byng Affair was known for using the slogan "King or Chaos" to gain reelection?
Hank King
Charles Wallace King
Paul King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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What first Native American to be appointed to Canada's Senate helped ensure that future Natives of Canada could actually vote in their country's government?
Ronald Dunwoody
James Gladstone
Towlidge Bryer
Peter Islin
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Rene Levesque piloted a separatist movement in what Canadian province that was ultimately put to an unsuccessful vote?
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
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Another important step toward Canadian independence was what piece of legislature in 1931 that made them equal to the U.K. and other Commonwealth nations from a political standpoint?
The Fortner Accord
The Dichy Accord
The Statute of Westminster
The Edict of Nantes
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During World War Two, Canada heavily contributed to the Allied Powers by keeping what ocean clear of German U-boats and naval mines?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
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Quebec started to grow more secular as a result of what political "revolution" after the Election of 1960?
The Singing Revolution
The Quiet Revolution
Darwin's Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
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What controversial 1980s Prime Minister of Canada helped make the country fully independent from the U.K.?
Algier Hiss
Pierre Trudeau
Blake Mangrove
Nicholas Di Lorentis
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As Canada gained independence from the U.K., the nation tacked what bill of rights document onto its constitution to ensure that its people would have unalienable civil liberties?
The Duty
The Ten Pillars of Canada
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
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