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Q.21.When did thousands of miners first come to the Yukon? |
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Ans.In 1800s (Gold Rush). |
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Q.22. What did the government do to make immigration to western Canada much easier? |
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Ans.Building Canadian Pacific Railway system. |
| Q.23.Which groups of people were important in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway? |
| Ans. Chinese. |
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Q.24. When was the Canadian Pacific Railway finished? |
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Ans. Late 1800s. |
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Q.25. What did the federal government do to encourage people to settle in the Prairie province during the early 1900s? |
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Ans. Government provided cheap farmland to them. |
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Q.26. What does the Confederation mean? |
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Ans.Provinces joined together to form a new country. |
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Q.27.What is the Canadian Constitution? |
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Ans.System of laws and conventions by which our country governs itself. |
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Q.28. In what year did Canada become a country? |
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Ans. On July 1, In 1867. |
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Q.29.What document made Confederation legal? |
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Ans.British North America Act. |
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Q.30. Which document first defined the responsibilities of federal and provincial governments? |
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Ans. British North America Act. |
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