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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 7

Building Canada: Before and at Confederation

Loyalists to Confederation

What your child practises

Pre-Confederation Canada: the Loyalists, the War of 1812, the Selkirk Settlement, the 1837-1838 Rebellions, the road to Confederation and what citizenship meant in 1867 compared with today.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 5-KC-001, 5-KC-002, 5-KC-003, 5-KI-010, 5-KI-011, 5-KI-012, 5-KI-013, 5-KL-022, 5-KL-023, 5-KH-037, 5-KH-038, 5-KH-039, 5-KH-040, 5-KH-041, 5-KH-042, 5-KG-045, 5-VH-010 · pre-Confederation events, Confederation and citizenship in 1867

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why did the Loyalists move to what is now Canada?

    • Canada had no winters
    • they were loyal to Britain and faced danger in the United States
    • to find gold in Manitoba
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    they were loyal to Britain and faced danger in the United States

    Hint: They wanted to stay British subjects.

  2. Question 2

    Confederation means…

    • provinces joining together to form one country
    • a kind of treaty with France
    • a battle
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    provinces joining together to form one country

    Hint: Canada began in 1867.

  3. Question 3

    Citizenship in 1867 differed from today because…

    • there were no laws
    • everyone had equal rights
    • rights depended on gender, wealth and background
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    rights depended on gender, wealth and background

    Hint: Many rights were limited then.

  4. Question 4

    Who were the “Fathers of Confederation” who worked to build Canada?

    • Laura Secord and Tecumseh
    • Champlain and Cartier
    • John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and others
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    John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier and others

    Hint: They were political leaders in the 1860s.

  5. Question 5

    How did Canada East and Canada West differ?

    • only weather
    • nothing
    • language, religion and laws
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    language, religion and laws

    Hint: Canada East was mostly French and Catholic; Canada West was mostly English and Protestant.

  6. Question 6

    Migration to another country can affect people's identities because…

    • nothing changes
    • they may keep some customs and take on new ones
    • they forget everything
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    they may keep some customs and take on new ones

    Hint: Identity can grow and change.

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