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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 6

Newfoundland Joins Canada

Responsible government, the Commission of Government and 1949.

What your child practises

Grade 8 looks at how Newfoundland moved from responsible government to the Commission of Government, then voted in 1948 to join Canada in 1949. Ask your child which sources and points of view helped people choose.

Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Time, continuity and change (by Grade 9) · how Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949, and the choices and perspectives behind it

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

    Which option was dropped from the second ballot?

    • Union with Britain
    • Responsible Government
    • Confederation with Canada
    • the Commission of Government

  2. Question 2

    In which year did the Commission of Government begin to run Newfoundland?

    • 1855
    • 1934
    • 1949
    • 1946

  3. Question 3

    What was the National Convention of 1946 for?

    • to plan a railway
    • to discuss Newfoundland’s future and suggest choices for a vote
    • to choose a new flag
    • to end the Depression in Canada

  4. Question 4

    Before 1949, Newfoundland was…

    • a territory of France
    • part of the United States
    • a province of Canada
    • a self-governing dominion, separate from Canada

  5. Question 5

    When Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, Labrador became…

    • part of the new province
    • a separate territory
    • its own province
    • a part of Quebec

  6. Question 6

    Why should a historian be careful with a 1948 campaign pamphlet?

    • It is always correct
    • It was written by a computer
    • It has no date
    • It was written to persuade voters

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