3.19 Challenge in the West

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

Louis Riel

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Sir John A. Macdonald

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

The Royals

The Royal Police

The Mounties

The Mounted Police

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

Louis Riel

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Sir John A. Macdonald

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

True

False

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

One

Three

Two

Four

#6. What does RCMP stand for?

Royal Canadian Municipal Police

Royal Charter of Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mince Pie

#7. 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 forcibly moved to the Northwest region by the Dominion of Canada

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

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

Saskatchewan

The United States

Quebec

Regina

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

False

True

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

Métis police force

Manitoba police force

Saskatchewan police force

Canada’s national police force

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

He was exiled to the US

He was granted clemency

He was tried and executed for high treason

He was jailed for life

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

Established North West Mounted Police (NWMP)

Established Manitoba as a new Province

Established Saskatchewan as a new Province

Executed Louis Riel

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

1871

1873

1861

1863

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

1885

1865

1875

1867

#15. 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

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

The Mounties

The Hawks

The Troopers

The Police

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

1861

1867

1869

1865

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

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Louis Riel

Sir John A. Macdonald

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

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Gabriel Dumont

Sir John A. Macdonald

Louis Riel

#20. What is the precursor of the RCMP?

The Royal Mounted Police (RMP)

The North West Mounted Police (NWMP)

The North East Mounted Police (NEMP)

The Federal Mounted Police (FMP)

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

Regina

The United States

Calgary

Quebec

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

Major General Sir Sam Steele

Louis Riel

Sir George-Étienne Cartier

Sir John A. Macdonald

#23. 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 Garry

Fort Calgary

Fort MacLeod

Fort Regina

#24. Who was Major General Sir Sam Steele?

A Mounted Policemen and a great frontier hero

A minister

A Métis hero

A lawyer and politician

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

150 years

200 years

250 years

100 years

#26. Where are the headquarters of the RCMP?

Calgary

Regina

Quebec

Ontario

#27. 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 French

The Métis of the Red River

#28. Who founded Calgary?

The NWMP established it as Fort 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

#29. 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

1876

1856

1870

Results

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

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

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

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

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

#6. What does RCMP stand for?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#20. What is the precursor of the RCMP?

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

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

#23. 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?

#24. Who was Major General Sir Sam Steele?

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

#26. Where are the headquarters of the RCMP?

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

#28. Who founded Calgary?

#29. 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?