Immigration, Racism, and the KKK

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Immigration, Racism, and the KKK

• in the 1920s

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Immigration

• between 1919 and 1931, 1.2 million immigrants
  arrived in Canada
• this only accounted for ________ of the total
  population growth
• the ___________ in the number of immigrants was
  due to the increased provisions by the
  _____________, as well as the fact that many
  people in war torn Europe did not have the means
  to ____________
• the Canadian government had a preference for
  potential ________________________________________
  ________________________________________

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_____________ Settlement Act

• was passed in ___________
• this act provided assisted _______________________
  ___ for married couples, single agricultural
  laborers, and domestic servants
• ___________ immigrants were assisted under this
  act

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Immigration

• in 1923, Canada opened its doors to ________
  subjects, ____________, and citizens of
  __________, this included Norway, Sweden,
  Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany,
  Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, and France
• for all of the 1920s there was an
  ______________ which prohibited the admittance
  of any immigrant of any ________ race into
  Canada

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Racism

• in the 1920s, all British subjects had the right
  to vote
• discrimination for ________________ was allowed

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Social Darwinism

• _____________ Canadians began to believe that the
  ______ _________ peoples and British principles
  of government were the key to Canadas __________
• _________ began depend on a persons ability to
  conform to the Canadian ___________, as well as
  their ___________

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Aboriginal Peoples

• _______________ were taken from their homes in
  order to be education in ____________ which were
  run by the _________ or by a ___________
  organization
• anything connected to ________________ or
  __________ was excluded from school life
• there was an effort to ______________ the younger
  generation into mainstream Canadian life

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Aboriginal Peoples

• Natives living on _________ were __________
  allowed to ______, lost their right to have
  ___________ forms of native _____________
• some groups banded together to defend their land
  and _________ and _______________
• there was a significant ________ of native
  peoples rights and __________

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Klu Klux Klan
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KKK

• in late _____ Klan organizers came to
  _______________ to preach its message of
  _____________________ hatred and to sell
  expensive ________________ to fund its activities
• By the fall of __________ local Klans had been
  established in over ____ Saskatchewan towns,
  usually _________________ by a ritual burning of
  crosses

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KKK

• leaders claimed an overall membership of over
  _________, who had been attracted by the Klans
  attacks on the ___________ immigrants from
  _______ and __________ Europe
• local _______ remained active until the worst of
  the ___________ struck the province