WHAT GROUP PRESSURED THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS ?

A)    Unions        B)    Businessmen        C)    Farmers        D)    Suffragettes
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

2. In the period following Confederation, Quebec society underwent economic and social changes,
    some of which are described below.

·    I left my small farm in Saint-Léon when the dairy industry began to develop,
      and moved to a working-class neighbourhood in Montreal with my family.
      I and two of my children, aged 12 and 14, found work in a textile factory.

·    A few years later, many of my neighbours left to work in the cotton mills in
      New England. I thought about going with my family, since I had lost my job.
      The priest advised me to move with my family to colonize an outlying area.

·     A good Catholic, I decided to follow his advice. We left for the Laurentians
      on Curé Labelle's train. Labelle was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture
      and Colonization by Premier Honoré Mercier.

WITH WHAT PERIOD IN HISTORY ARE THE ABOVE TEXTS ASSOCIATED?

                             A)                       B)                        C)                         D)
            /______________/______________/______________/______________/

    1791                        1840                      1867                    1896                      1929
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

3. FROM EACH OF THE CATEGOTRIES BELOW, CHOOSE THE STATEMENT THAT
    DESCRIBES A SOCIAL CHANGE IN QUEBEC IN THE LATE 1800s.

POPULATION MOVEMENTS
1.    Most working families left the city to colonize new regions
2.    Many French Canadians emigrated to the United States.

LABOUR MARKET
3.    Working conditions in the factories were good and improving rapidly.
4.    Many women and children began working in textile and tobacco factories.

UNIONISM
5.    Most craft workers in Montreal and Quebec City became unionized.
6.    The first unions appeared among workers.

A)    1,    3,    6            B)    1,    4,    5            C)    2,    3,    5            D)    2,    4,    6
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

4. WHICH THREE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL
    CONDITIONS PREVALENT IN QUEBEC CITIES AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY ?

1.    The Church withdrew from education and hospital care.
2.    The government established a minimum wage.
3.    Rental housing was unsanitary, poorly heated and lacked conveniences.
4.    Women and children were used as cheap labour.
5.    Employers gave bonuses for overtime work.
6.    The work week varied between 60 and 70 hours.

5. WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBE SOCIAL CHANGES IN
    QUEBEC AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY ?

1.    In twenty years, the number of butter and cheese factories rose from 160 to nearly 2000.

2.    As the men went off to war, women took over the jobs in the factories.

3.    The Quebec birth rate experienced a serious decline: from 30 per thousand, it dropped
        to 13.8 per thousand within 15 years.

4.    Most workers worked a ten-hour day. Child labour was widespread. Factories were dirty,
    /  poorly ventilated, and unsafe.

5.    Quebec Emigration toward the United States: 1840-1900

                        Period                           Number in Thousands
                            1840-1850                                           35
                            1850-1860                                           70
                            1860-1870                                         100
                            1870-1880                                         120
                            1880-1890                                         150
                            1890-1900                                         140

A)     1 and 3                  B)     1 and 5                C)     2 and 4                  D)     4 and 5
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

TO COMPLETE YOUR SELF-EVALUATION OF MODULE 5 DO THE FOLLOWING SYNTHESIS TYPE QUESTIONS.