Grade 10 History exam

Grade 10 History exam Social programs are when someone gets ill, and they do not have to worry about personally paying for expensive medical treatments - what are "social programs"? an example is when many Canadians have jobs where their employers help them save for retirement - Provide an example of a social welfare program Some factors that influenced Canada to develop social welfare programs are, the Depression and the Second World War. - what factors influenced Canada to develop social welfare programs An example of social welfare that Britain provided for Canada was they sent people to Canada to aid them. - What examples of social welfare did Britain provide for Canada? It might have had more influence because Canada was still "under" the British Empire and Britain influences a lot of things that happen in Canada - Why might Britain's example have had more influence in Canada than in the U.S.? Universal Health Care means that all people have equal access to medical care. Every man, woman, and child can see a doctor and receive health care, paid for by the government, no matter where they live in the country and no matter how much money they have. - What is "universal health care"? Tommy Douglas, from Saskatewan, was the leader of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation. The program started when the CCF won a landslide victory in the 1944 provincial election. - Who was Tommy Douglas? He influenced it by, when he started devoting 70% of his first budget to social services and from there he started providing free medical, hospital and dental care for senior citizens. Douglas also funded treatment for people with cancer, tuberculosis, mental illness and venereal disease. Then in 1947, he introduced universal hospital insurance. - How did Tommy Douglas influence universal health care in Canada People didn't believe that all Canadian hospitals couldn't be covered by the government and that many doctors would lose their professional freedoms or not get paid as much. He was successful though as he was able to bring every Canadian citizen universal healthcare. - How did many people feel about Tommy Douglas' ideas when he began his programs? Was he successful in the end? He funded half of the hospital's insurance so relieved public pressure - Why did Diefenbaker decide to fund part of the health care costs in provinces? He wanted to bring healthcare to every Canadian without insurance cost. - Why did Pearson decide to support the idea of universal health care? Family allowance, old age security and employment insurance. - What social programs had existed in Canada before the 1960's? to keep people above the age of 65 out of poverty. It requires working Canadians and their employers to contribute a specified amount every year. Then this entitles contributors to an additional pension after retirement. - Why did the government decide it needed to introduce the Canada Pension Plan? How does it work? A system in which the federal, provincial and municipal governments work collaboratively to achieve their goals. - What is "cooperative federalism"? We were changing socially because Canada was the first province to bring up the Human rights code, They had assured the Capital punishment and passed a bill for free voting. They also started gay organizations in 1960's to start the change of society in Canada. We have definitely been changing socially - How did the establishment of Human Rights Codes, the abolition of capital punishment, and the decriminalization of same-sex relations demonstrate that Canada was changing socially? He mentioned that people could only divorce if Parliament passed a private bill, because they were not any divorce courts. Their was also the 1968 Omnibus Bill. This made them able to divorce without fault actions. - What legal changes, initiated by Pierre Trudeau, changed the legal interpretations of marriage and divorce? In the 1960's, Canadian women abortions were getting illegal and often dangerous every year. The Omnibus bill also changed and legalized birth control methods. Many Birth control and abortion clauses were implemented the Criminal Code. - What specific changes in birth control and abortion laws occurred during the 1960's and 1970's and 1980's? UN nations, Soviet Union, China, North Korea and South Korea - Who was involved in the Korean War Kim Il-Sung's communist North Korean troops armed with Soviet tank invaded South Korea and went past the 38th parallel - How did the Korean war start? They were the Korean peoples army and the Chinese peoples volunteer army in the battle of Kapyong - What did Canada do in the Korean war? Britain, France, Israel and UN peacekeeping forces - Who was involved in the Suez Crisis After the new Egyptian king seized control over the Suez canal, British french and Israel forces moved into reclaim the canal. The Egyptians were offered help by the soviet union to help the Egyptian forces push the British, French and Israeli forces out of Egypt. - What happened during the Suez Crisis Pearson went to the UN and offered the idea of creating a UN peacekeeping force in order to scale down the conflict. - What did Canada do in the Suez Crisis the soviet union and USA - who was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis Leaders of the US and Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13 days political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear armed soviet missiles on Cuba - What happened at the Cuban Missile Crisis Canadian armed forces were placed on heightened alert, and PM Diefenbaker's hesitant response to the crisis soured already tense relations between Canada and US - what did Canada do in the Cuban Missile crisis Other countries wanted Canada's natural resources so their industries boomed when massive amounts of oil were found. - How did Canada's industrial growth for the war effort help Canada after the war had ended The economy boomed overnight - How did the discovery of oil in Alberta change the economy of that province? Most could've easily gotten a good job in highschool so many did not attend high school, college, or university - How did the availability of jobs affect education after the war? They were pressured to go back home because soldiers wanted their jobs back and wanted married. They liked getting a paycheck and felt their independence growing as well as their self-esteem. - Why were many women pressured to leave their jobs after the war? Why did some decide to stay in the workplace? 70% - What percentage of the population was "urban" in 1961 Rundown and outdated with no plumbing - What was the state of most homes in Canada after the war They created the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. to improve living conditions - What did the government do to improve housing and living conditions? To improve construction, neighborhood designs, and to replace run down housing. - Why did the CMHC create new building codes?