Monday, November 15, 2010

Early Immigration into Canada: An Overview




Be like Johnny Canuck and use your search techniques to answer the following questions.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE DUE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18

1. What was the Great Migration? When did it take place? Who did it involve?

2. What did people think these immigrants from the Great Migration should be doing?

3. How did the poorest immigrants arrive during the Great Migration? What were the conditions like for them?

4. At what time did Canada see its highest immigration levels from Ireland? Why did these people come?

5. What was Grosse-Ile? What happened there?

6. What was the underground railroad? Explain how it functioned.

7. Who was the driving force behind organizing the underground railroad?

8. Discuss the conditions of Chinese immigration during the time of building the transcontinental railway.

9. Compare the pay for Chinese workers on the railway versus white workers.

10. How did polict towards Chinese immigration change once the railway was built?