3.19 Challenge in the West

#1. What fort did the Métis (led by Louis Riel) seize in the first armed Métis uprising against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada in 1869?

Fort MacLeod

Fort Garry

Fort Calgary

Fort Regina

#2. What does RCMP stand for?

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Municipal Police

Royal Charter of Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mince Pie

#3. Where are the headquarters of the RCMP?

Quebec

Calgary

Regina

Ontario

#4. The RCMP is also frequently referred to as:

The Hawks

The Police

The Mounties

The Troopers

#5. Who did Canada take the vast Northwest region from after the formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867??

The US

Hudson’s Bay Company

The Métis of the Red River

The French

#6. Why was the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established?

Select all that apply:

To create a police training academy for Canada

To create a special police force of the Métis

To pacify the west after the second Métis uprising

To assist in negotiations with the Indians

#7. The decision to execute Louis Riel after the second Métis rebellion was strongly supported in Quebec.

True

False

#8. Who established the North West Mounted Police (NWMP)?

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Sir John A. Macdonald

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Louis Riel

#9. The Mounties were the source of some of Canada’s most colourful heroes, such as Major General Sir Sam Steele.

True

False

#10. Who founded Calgary?

Major General Sir Sam Steele established it as Fort Calgary

The RCMP established it as Fort Calgary

Sir John A. Macdonald established it as Fort Calgary

The NWMP established it as Fort Calgary

#11. What did Ottawa do after retaking Fort Garry from the Metis in 1870?

Established North West Mounted Police (NWMP)

Established Saskatchewan as a new Province

Established Manitoba as a new Province

Executed Louis Riel

#12. Which Métis leader is considered a hero and a defender of Metis rights?

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Louis Riel

Sir John A. Macdonald

#13. When did Ottawa send soldiers to retake Fort Garry from the Metis during the first armed uprising against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada?

1850

1856

1870

1876

#14. Who is regarded as the father of Manitoba?

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Louis Riel

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Sir John A. Macdonald

#15. Where did the second Métis rebellion against the westward expansion of Dominion of Canada occur?

Regina

Quebec

Saskatchewan

The United States

#16. Who led the armed Métis uprising against the Dominion of Canada during its expansion into the northwest region?

Louis Riel

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Sir John A. Macdonald

#17. What is the precursor of the RCMP?

The North East Mounted Police (NEMP)

The Royal Mounted Police (RMP)

The Federal Mounted Police (FMP)

The North West Mounted Police (NWMP)

#18. When was the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established?

1871

1861

1873

1863

#19. For how many years prior to the Confederation did the Hudson’s Bay Company control vast regions of Western Canada?

150 years

250 years

200 years

100 years

#20. When did the second Métis rebellion against the westward expansion of Dominion of Canada occur?

1867

1875

1865

1885

#21. Who is considered the Métis’ greatest military leader.

Louis Riel

Gabriel Dumont

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Sir John A. Macdonald

#22. Where did Louis Riel flee when Ottawa retook Fort Garry in 1870?

Regina

The United States

Quebec

Calgary

#23. What are the RCMP famously referred to as?

The Royal Police

The Mounted Police

The Royals

The Mounties

#24. What happened to Louis Riel after the second Métis rebellion against westward expansion of Dominion of Canada?

He was granted clemency

He was jailed for life

He was tried and executed for high treason

He was exiled to the US

#25. When did the Dominion of Canada acquire the Northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay Company?

1867

1861

1865

1869

#26. Who was Major General Sir Sam Steele?

A Mounted Policemen and a great frontier hero

A Métis hero

A minister

A lawyer and politician

#27. What led to the armed Métis uprising against the Dominion of Canada as it expanded into the Northwest region?

The Métis of the Red River were not compensated adequately for the transfer of the Northwest region

The 12000 Métis of the Red River were not consulted before the Dominion took the Northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay company

Dominion of Canada acquired the Northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay company without paying the company

The Métis of the Red River were forcibly moved to the Northwest region by the Dominion of Canada

#28. What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?

Canada’s national police force

Métis police force

Manitoba police force

Saskatchewan police force

#29. How many rebellions did Louis Riel lead against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada?

One

Three

Two

Four

Results

#1. What fort did the Métis (led by Louis Riel) seize in the first armed Métis uprising against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada in 1869?

#2. What does RCMP stand for?

#3. Where are the headquarters of the RCMP?

#4. The RCMP is also frequently referred to as:

#5. Who did Canada take the vast Northwest region from after the formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867??

#6. Why was the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established?

#7. The decision to execute Louis Riel after the second Métis rebellion was strongly supported in Quebec.

#8. Who established the North West Mounted Police (NWMP)?

#9. The Mounties were the source of some of Canada’s most colourful heroes, such as Major General Sir Sam Steele.

#10. Who founded Calgary?

#11. What did Ottawa do after retaking Fort Garry from the Metis in 1870?

#12. Which Métis leader is considered a hero and a defender of Metis rights?

#13. When did Ottawa send soldiers to retake Fort Garry from the Metis during the first armed uprising against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada?

#14. Who is regarded as the father of Manitoba?

#15. Where did the second Métis rebellion against the westward expansion of Dominion of Canada occur?

#16. Who led the armed Métis uprising against the Dominion of Canada during its expansion into the northwest region?

#17. What is the precursor of the RCMP?

#18. When was the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) established?

#19. For how many years prior to the Confederation did the Hudson’s Bay Company control vast regions of Western Canada?

#20. When did the second Métis rebellion against the westward expansion of Dominion of Canada occur?

#21. Who is considered the Métis’ greatest military leader.

#22. Where did Louis Riel flee when Ottawa retook Fort Garry in 1870?

#23. What are the RCMP famously referred to as?

#24. What happened to Louis Riel after the second Métis rebellion against westward expansion of Dominion of Canada?

#25. When did the Dominion of Canada acquire the Northwest region from the Hudson’s Bay Company?

#26. Who was Major General Sir Sam Steele?

#27. What led to the armed Métis uprising against the Dominion of Canada as it expanded into the Northwest region?

#28. What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?

#29. How many rebellions did Louis Riel lead against the westward expansion of the Dominion of Canada?