Building the CNR

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Across
  1. 6. The railway was built at a high human cost, particularly for this Indigenous group displaced by settlers.
  2. 10. This country was seen as a threat to Western Canada if it was not settled quickly.
  3. 11. The railway was officially completed at this location in British Columbia.
  4. 12. The last _________ was hammered into the ground in 1885
  5. 14. The dangerous material used by workers to blast through mountains.
  6. 16. The last name of the Prime Minister who promised British Columbia a railway in exchange for joining Confederation.
Down
  1. 1. This term refers to the idea of expanding territory across North America, which made Canada fear U.S. expansion.
  2. 2. This physical feature made railway construction extremely difficult in British Columbia.
  3. 3. Thousands of these workers were hired to build the railway under dangerous conditions.
  4. 4. This province agreed to join Canada in 1871 because of the railway promise.
  5. 5. This scandal caused Macdonald to lose power during the early railway attempts.
  6. 7. The idea of Canada being a little nervous about what the United States might do is not ______
  7. 8. The railway encouraged more settlers to move to this Canadian region.
  8. 9. After the railway was built, the government introduced this tax to limit Chinese immigration.
  9. 13. The railway helped transport these new arrivals to the western provinces.
  10. 15. The name of the railway that connected Canada from coast to coast.