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Q.21.When did thousands of miners first come to the Yukon?

 

Ans.In 1800s (Gold Rush).

 

Q.22. What did the government do to make immigration to western Canada much easier?

 

Ans.Building Canadian Pacific Railway system.

 
Q.23.Which groups of people were important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway?
 
Ans. Chinese.
 

Q.24. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished?

 

Ans. Late 1800s.

 

Q.25. What did the federal government do to encourage people to settle in the Prairie province during the early 1900s?

 

Ans. Government provided cheap farmland to them.

 

Q.26. What does the Confederation mean?

 

Ans.Provinces joined together to form a new country.

 

Q.27.What is the Canadian Constitution?

 

Ans.System of laws and conventions by which our country governs itself.

 

Q.28. In what year did Canada become a country?

 

Ans. On July 1, In 1867.

 

Q.29.What document made Confederation legal?

 

Ans.British North America Act.

 

Q.30. Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments?

 

Ans. British North America Act.

 

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