GRADE 8 HISTORY

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Review Questions for Confederation Test 

·       What was the main reason for the Charlottetown conference?

·       What were some strategies John A. Macdonald and his gang used to convince the maritime politicians that Canada Union was a better idea?

·       What is Manifest Destiny? 

·        How did it help convince Canadian politicians that Canada Union was a good idea?

·        Why didn’t Newfoundland attend the Maritime conference?  

·       What were the years of the American Civil War?

·       What were the names of the two sides fighting in the Civil War?

·       How did John A. Macdonald use the American Civil War as a push towards Confederation?

·       How was the Quebec Conference different from the Charlottetown Conference?

·       Who were the Fenians?  

·       Why did they want to attack Canada?