Social Studies 10
  • Geography
    • Physiographic Regions
    • Industry>
      • Primary Industry
      • Secondary Industry
      • Tertiary Industry
      • Basic and Non-Basic Industry
      • The 7 Types of Services
      • The 7 Location Factors for manufacturing
      • Canada's Industrial Heartland
    • Climate>
      • Maritime Climate
      • Continental Climate
      • Relief And Elevation
      • Latitude and Temperature
      • Air Pressure and Air Masses
      • Moderating Effect
      • Prevailing Winds
      • Jet Streams
      • Precipitation
      • Climate Zones in Canada
  • Fur Trade, Immigration, Exploration
    • Hudson Bay Company
    • The Northwest Company
    • James Cook
    • George Vancouver
    • Alexander Mackenzie
    • Simon Fraser
    • David Thompson
    • Immigration 1830's
    • Multiculturalism
  • Reform and Rebellion
    • Nationalism in the Canadas
    • The Chateau Clique
    • The Family Compact
    • Rebellions of 1837 in Upper and Lower Canada
    • The Durham Report
    • The 1840 Act of Union
    • Victorian Fashion and Décor>
      • Leisure
      • Travel
    • Rise of Newpapers
  • Confederation
    • Advantages to Confederation
    • Resistance to Confederation
    • John A. Macdonald
    • George-Etienne Cartier
    • George Brown
    • The Charlottetown Conference
    • The Quebec Conference
    • The Fenian Raids
    • The British North America Act (Canada's Constitution)
  • Opening In The West
    • The Merger of the HBC and NWC
    • George Simpson
    • The Red River Settlement
    • The Red River Rebellion
    • The Metis Flee Westward
    • The Buffalo Hunt
    • The Northwest Mounted Police
    • Fort Whoop-Up
    • Gabriel Dumont
    • Native Treaties
    • Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway
    • The Pacific Scandal
    • Louis Riel Returns to Canada
    • The Northwest Rebellion 1885
  • British Columbia
    • The Oregon Territory
    • The Colony of Vancouver Island
    • Fort Victoria
    • James Douglas
    • The Cariboo Gold Rush
    • Barkerville
    • The Caribou Road
    • The Colony of BC and Joining Confederation
    • The Railway Survey and the Terminus Debate
    • The Rise of Vancouver
    • The Chinese in B.C.
  • Canada Up To World War 1
    • Alberta And Saskatchewan Join Confederation
    • Wilfred Laurier
    • The Boer War
    • The Naval Issue
    • French - English Divide
    • Reciprocity
    • The Alaskan Boundary Dispute
    • Farmsteading and immigration
    • Railway Boom
    • Rise of Unions
    • Women’s suffrage and Reform
    • Nellie McClung
    • Native Rights
    • Arrival of the Car and Airplane
    • Communications advances
    • Arts and Leisure 1900-1914

Building Of the canadian pacific railway

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  • Before the building of the CPR could start, J.A. MacDonald needed financial aid to commence the project
  • After the Pacific Scandal, the project was put on hold because the Conservatives lost power
  • Alexander Mackenzie (2nd P. Minister) who was leader of Liberals didn't want a railway
  • He allowed Sandford Fleming to survey the the route to the Pacific Ocean
  • BC threatened seceding from Confederation because the railway was not being built
  • The Conservatives came back into power in 1878 and MacDonald included the CPR in the National Policy
  • William Van Horne was manager of CPR, George Stephen, Donald Smith and James Hill were financiers
  • The government stepped in to aid financially in 1884 (22.5 million)
  • 35,000 workers (majority chinese), many of whom died 
  • Completed 5 years ahead of schedule (1885) due to the importance of moving troops

Summary

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After John  A. MacDonald lost power, the liberals did not want the Railway to be built. When the conservatives came back into power the railway was completed 5 years earlier than planned.

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