Guiding Questions

Guiding questions p 197-201

1. Why did MacDonald develop the National Policy?

To raise the terrify and encourage trade with ourselves other then U.S

2. Who did MacDonald get to invest in the CPR and what were their backgrounds?

The CPR Syndicate

3. What did MacDonald promise the Syndicate?

25 Million Dollars

25 Million acres around the CPR

4. In order to get the benefits from the Government, what did the Syndicate have to do?

They would have to complete the railroad within 10 years.

5. What did the Syndicate do immediately upon being given the railway contract and why?

They hired William Van Horne to speed things

6. Why was William Van Horne hired as the new manager of the CPR in 1881?

To speed up the construction because it was behind.

7. Describe the achievements of Van Horne’s management.

He managed to finish the CPR before its due date

8. What problem did the railway face in 1883 and what was the solution?

They ran out of money or building supplies and construction seized. The solution was

9. Where did the CPR enter into BC?

Craigellachie

10. In 1867, why do you think the coast of BC required fewer days to get to from Ottawa than the interior of BC?

The CPR…?

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