1. Some Quebec companies, such as Bombardier, Cascades, Hydro- Québec, SNC-Lavalin, Québecor, and Jean Coutu have an international presence. 

2. The Quebec government created Crown corporations such as the Caisse de dépôt et placement, the Société générale de financement, and Sidbec. 

3. The Quebec government under Robert Bourassa began building the James Bay hydroelectric project in order to meet Québec's energy needs and export surplus energy to the United States. 

_____           _____           _____ 

ARRANGE THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 

1. The Quebec government lost its first referendum on sovereignty-association. 

2. The Meech Lake Accord, which recognized Quebec as a distinct society, was not ratified. 

3. The Canadian constitution was patriated, despite the objections of Quebec's National Assembly. 

3. PLACE THE FOLLOWING FOUR SETS OF EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. 

1.  Robert Bourassa becomes Premier of Quebec 
     The October Crisis 
     The War Measures Act 

2. Jean Lesage's Liberals coming to power 
    The emergence of parties seeking political independence 
    The rise of the Front de libération du Québec (F.L.Q.) 

3. René Lévesque's Parti Québécois coming to power 
   The adoption of the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) 
   The referendum on sovereignty-association 

4. Return of Robert Bourassa as Premier of Quebec 
    Patriation of the Canadian constitution despite the objections of Quebec's National Assembly 
    Defeat of the Meech Lake Accord, which recognized Quebec as a distinct society 

_____      _____      _____      _____ 
 

4. The items below characterize Quebec society at different stages since World War II. 

PLACE THESE THREE STAGES IN CHONOLOGICAL ORDER. 

1.  A drop in the birth rate 
     The creation of the ministère de l'Éducation 

2.  The October Crisis 
     The adoption of the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) 

3.  The baby boom 
     Major strikes in the mining and textile industries 
 
_____         _____           _____ 
 

ASSOCIATE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WITH THE APPROPRIATE PREMIER. 

1. The development of the James Bay project. 
2. The adoption fo the Charter of the French Language (Law 101) 
3. The creation of the Ministry of Education 
4. The referendum on sovereignty - association 
5. The nationalization of hydro-electric power 
6. The October Crisis 

ROBERT BOURASSA (1970-1976) :    ______   and   _____  

RENÉ LÉVESQUE (1976-1985) :             ______   and   _____ 
 
 

6. The events below illustrate the confrontations between the federal government and Quebec's premier Maurice Duplessis. 

• At the federal-provincial conference in 1945, he tried to recover control over unemployment insurance and direct taxes, areas taken over by the federal government during World War 11. 
• In 1951, he refused to allow the federal government to subsidize Quebec universities in order to prevent Ottawa from intervening in education. 
• In 1954, he implemented a provincial income tax in order to insure a source of income for Quebec. 

________________________________________________________________. 
 
 

7.WHICH TWO EVENTS TOOK PLACE DURING THE QUIET REVOLUTION ? 

1. The government held a referendum to negotiate sovereignty - association with the federal government. 
2. The government completed the James Bay hydro-electric project. 
3. The government won an election on the issue of nationalization of electricity. 
4. The government created the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec. 
5. The government set down five conditions for the ratification of the Meech Lake Accord. 
6. The government asked Ottawa to send in the army during the October crisis.

8. During the last 30 years, successive Quebec governments have passed laws relating to a major issue affecting all of the people of Quebec. 

• Jean-Jacques Bertrand's governement:    Bill 63  (1969)
• Robert Bourassa's government:                Bill 22  (1974)
• René Lévesque's government:                  Bill 101  (1977)
• Robert Bourassa's government:                Bill 178  (1989)

 WHAT IS THIS GREAT DEBATE ABOUT? ______________________ 
 

9. Three of the following characteristics describe the Duplessis era. 

 MATCH EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS BELOW WITH ITS CORRECT CHARACTERISTIC. 

 CHARACTERISTICS 

• Idealization of rural life
• Anti-unionism
• Centralization of powers
• Development of social services
• Modernization of Quebec
• Government intervention in the economy

Document 2 
The Quebec government decided it was high time to crush the unionized workers. 

Document 3 
Duplessis built roads and brought electricity everywhere. Electricity improved living conditions. 
 

                                           CHARACTERISTIC 

 Document 1                   _____________________________________ 

 Document 2                  _____________________________________ 
 
 Document 3                  _____________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10. The Second World War had a number of repercussions on  Canadian society. 
 
WHICH TWO DOCUMENTS PRESENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR 11 ON CANADA ? 

Document 1 
Fully half of the working women were doing what was once deemed men's work: filling fuses, assembling radio tubes, operating small machines, welding and riveting. Women also ran streetcars, operated gas pumps, bottled beer in breweries and moved log booms at pulp mills. 

Document 2 
Workers faced factory closings, and pay cuts. Wages were low, and working conditions became unsafe. Women were paid less than men. Wages were cut. Conditions were terrible. 

Document 3 
The Canadian government ordered 22,000 Japanese Canadians to leave their homes, farms, and businesses in British Columbia. The Japanese Canadians were sent to detention camps and the government confiscated their property. 

Document 4 
During the FLQ crisis Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act, which allowed the government to arrest people and hold them in jail without charging them with a crime. 

Document 5 
Canadians bought new refrigerators, stoves, furnaces, furniture, radios, record players, and power mowers for their lawns. In 1952, they were able to buy televisions for the first time. 
 

DOCUMENTS       _____       and       _____. 

CORRECTION KEY 
 
 
1.      2        3       1 
 
 
2.      1        3       2 
 
 
3.      2        1       3       4 
 
 
4.      3        1       2 
 

5.     JEAN LESAGE  (1960-1966):                     3 and 5  

        ROBERT  BOURASSA  (1970-1976):       1 and 6 

        RENÉ    LÉVESQUE (1976-1985):              2 and 4 

 
6.      Provincial autonomy or more powers for the Quebec government 
 

7.      3 and 4 
 

8.      The status of the French language 
 

9.      Document 1:           Idealization of rural life  

         Document 2:           Anti-unionism  
 
         Document 3:           Modernization of Quebec 
 
 
10.   Documents:          1  and  3