The West

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Across
  1. 5. in 1862, a miner brought __________, and even though europeans were vaccinated, the First Nations were not.
  2. 7. The ________ immigrants arrived in BC in 1858 joining the gold rush and opening supply stores.
  3. 8. ____________was chosen as Vancouver's second Mayor.
  4. 9. With fewer people pay taxes the _____ revenue dropped
  5. 12. During the last battle of the Northwest Uprising, this special weapon helped the Canadians win the last battle.
  6. 16. Earned the name The Father of British Coloumbia
  7. 18. The Kights of Labour pressed the government to _________ all Chinese from Vancouver.
  8. 19. An American who worked part of the railway named ________________ were short on workers and money, so he brought the chinese to work on short wages.
  9. 20. Gassy Jack became famous and well known because of his ______ in a dry town.
  10. 21. The fist non-european immigrants to British Coloumbia.
  11. 23. A belief from Americans that America was destined to own all of North America
  12. 25. _________ gold wasn't easy as the people thought.
  13. 27. an idea made by John A. Macdonald that all parts of Canada should be joined into one country.
  14. 29. This Prime Minister sent letters during Riel's trial that he would be spared
  15. 30. With little money from both British Coloumbia and Vancouver island, they both ______, hoping to solve the problem.
  16. 32. The metis who made tactics during the Northwest uprising
  17. 34. ____________ War happened because one of the Nlaka'pamux first nations women got attacked by miners
  18. 37. The works that the Chinese did were _____ and difficult.
  19. 38. Louis Riel presented this idea to the national Metis Comittee
  20. 42. An organization formed to support Metis rights in the Red River Valley
  21. 44. McLoughlin was furious because Fort Vancouver was closed and his son died in a ______.
  22. 45. ____________ was the end of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  23. 47. They gold rush caused the _____ values in Victoria to rise
  24. 48. After McDougall's mistake, __________ was given to the provisional government
  25. 51. A List made in 1870 that explains the rights and freedoms of the Metis
  26. 52. British Coloumbia threatened to ______ confederation if the Railroad was not built as promised
  27. 53. In 1850 ____ was discovered in Nanaimo and Cumberland.
  28. 54. people who want to join the U.S were called ___________.
  29. 55. Louis Riel spent some time in an ____________ during his mental illness.
  30. 58. Started a newspaper called "The British Colonist"
  31. 59. Encouraged Americans to settle in the south of Columbian River.
  32. 61. John A. Macdonald, George Stephen, Donald Smith, and James J. Hill were all part of a ________ to finish the railroad within 10 years.
Down
  1. 1. The Kanakas were from ______.
  2. 2. When John A. Macdonald got re-elected, he spent ___________ to find new investors in the railway.
  3. 3. As more Chinese immigrants came to BC, ______________ increased.
  4. 4. Although building a railway across the Canadian Shield wasn't easy, the biggest challenge was making a railway through the __________.
  5. 6. Even when British Coloumbia and Vancouver island united, they were still in decline. They needed _______, money, and better access to markets.
  6. 10. in 1870, this made Manitoba a province and now joined confederation
  7. 11. With all the miners leaving after the gold rush, less people paid ____.
  8. 13. a series of battles in 1885 between the Metis and the Canadian forces
  9. 14. James Douglas's wife _______ Douglas was an essential person to him.
  10. 15. The Canadian government was spending most of it's time, money, and effort into this project.
  11. 17. The largest group of non-european immigrants were the ____.
  12. 19. People who mistrusted Canada and didn't want to join confederation were called ______.
  13. 22. The people in favor of joining confederation were called ______.
  14. 24. The chinese workers were paid just a ______ a day.
  15. 26. In 1876, John A. Macdonald developed a _________.
  16. 28. The first lifeguard in BC was Joe ______.
  17. 31. A leader of the Metis who fought for their rights and freedoms
  18. 33. After the CPR was completed the Chinese workers could not _______ to travel back to China.
  19. 35. In 1870 execution of _______ marked the end of the threat of war between the Metis and the Canadian Party
  20. 36. This city had the CPR terminus and it population was growing fast.
  21. 39. James Douglas worked for the ___ since the age of 16.
  22. 40. General ________ was in charge of the Canadian troops during the Northwest Uprising.
  23. 41. Over _____ Percent died from small pox as it spread into Haida Gwaii
  24. 43. The fiveOppenheimer brothers were Charles, Meyer, Isaac, and _______.
  25. 46. In December 1869 Riel and his men arrested _________ and 48 of his men
  26. 49. Since 1848, many people moved to California and worked all the way up to BarkerVille because of the __________.
  27. 50. In 1881, the CPR Syndicate hired _______ as a new general manager.
  28. 56. Sandford Fleming and his _______ were sent to find various roots for the railroad.
  29. 57. A person who's a descent to a first nation and a European Heritage
  30. 60. Over ____ of the First Nations had died from this disease.