Terms to Know for CHI4U Final Exam Pacific Scandal- The event in which John A. MacDonald took a bribe for 300,000$ from Sir Hugh Allan in exchange for the contract to build the Pacific Railway. National Policy- The election platform that John A. MacDonald used which included 3 promises to the people of Canada. * The promise to complete the building of the railway from coast to coast. * The promise to place a protective tariff on American importing and exporting. * The promise to invest money in the settlement of the western part of Canada.
In “The Craftmen’s Spectacle: Labour Day Parades in Canada, The Early Years”, authors Craig Heron and Steve Penfold address entirely on the making of Labour Day and what it changed into as the years progressed. Craig Heron and Steve Penfold begin with a brief summary of when Labour Day became an official statutory holiday in Canada on September 3rd, 1894 after five years of Canadian labour leaders lobbying to win the support support of both panels of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital in 1889. This day consisted of barbers, firefighters, butchers and other professions recognized in the working class. The holiday was originated based on two demands “one for public recognition of organized labour and its important role, and another for release from the pressures of work in capitalist industry” (Heron and Penfold 357). It is explained that the event was a public program organized solely by workers with no additional help.
Week 1 Assignment Telecommunications Evolution Time-line MARVIN SORTOR NTC/362 Dorein Pfeil The beginning of the telecommunication industry started with a dream and some determination on a man named Alexander Graham Bell. In 1867 Bell invented the telephone the first hard-lined device. As the years went on other inventors tried to duplicate the wonders of the telephone communications device. In 1899 the name of Bell Telephone Company changed to American Telephone and Telegraph or (AT&T) as we know it today. The year 1934 marked a highlight in
Charles Tupper (July 2,1821- October 30,1915) The longest-surviving Father of Confederation, Charles Tupper was leader of the Nova Scotia delegates at all three Confederation conferences. In the years following union, he held a number of high political offices, including that of High Commissioner to London. He also holds the dubious distinction of being Canada's shortest-serving prime minister. Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. Tupper first ran for office as a Conservative in Nova Scotia in 1855, winning a hotly contested election in Cumberland County againstJoseph Howe(although his own party fared
A popular mode of communication of the 1880s: telegrams were transmitted through a telegraph or a phone to convey messages as quickly as possible. Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, then the vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, addressed the telegram dated 7th November, 1885 in Document 2 to John Macdonald, the Prime Minister of Canada, to announce the completion of the Pacific Railway and to thank him for his role and policies that played an integral role towards it. Introduced as an opportunity to better connect the greatly populated western parts of Canada to its comparatively unpopulated eastern, the Pacific Railway was first talked about in the 1870s, close to the time of the Confederation of 1867 that made Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and later British Columbia part of the Dominion of Canada. In 1873, Hugh Allan was granted federal contracts for the railway, which were only to be taken away once Hugh was revealed to have contributed greatly towards the election of Prime Minister Macdonald in turn for control of the company resulting in the “Pacific Scandal” that led to a reelection. Although the new Liberal Prime Minister, Alexander Mackenzie did put effort into the railway, due to the lack of capital progress slowed down.
In 1868 He had decided to return to the Red River Settlement broke and hurt. During that time Canada started to survey Dawson Road from Lake of the Woods. Then on July, 19, 1869 He had spoke at a meeting of Métis residents about the rights in event of annexation of Hudson’s Bay Company lands in Canada.
Male and female Canadian athletes won several golds at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The Bluenose schooner won the hearts of Canadians by winning the International Fisherman’s Trophy 17 consecutive times (1921-1938). Hockey emerged as one of Canada’s favourite sports and pastimes – a popularity that soon spread to the United States. In medical field, Mr. Canada has also made a great contribution. In 1922, the Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best injected a 14-year-old diabetic with insulin to control his blood sugar.
AT&T Inc. Company History & Profile When Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone in 1874, little did he know that he birthed an idea that would eventually revolutionize our ways of communicating today and that his invention would lead to the evolution of AT&T Inc, a major carrier in the Telecommunications industry. In 1874, American Telephone and Telegraph Company was formed as a subsidiary of parent company American Bell Telephone Company but by 1899, the subsidiary purchased the assets of American Bell Telephone Company and became the parent company. The company continued to grow as did its innovation by developing its first transcontinental telephone line in 1915 and the first dial telephones in 1925. In 1927, AT&T began to provide transatlantic telephone service between the U.S. and London. During this same year, AT&T also presented a moving image of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, thus becoming a forerunner to the Television industry.
The most famous boycott was the “Montgomery Bus Boycott” in 1955, which was led by Rosa Parks. The “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” is best remembered for the glorious “I have a dream” speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. Positive effects of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: The Canadian Bill of Rights was enacted by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1960. It was the first human rights bill to provide Canadians with semi-constitutional rights on a federal level. It was the earliest expression of human rights in Canada.
The World’s First Telephone Have you ever wondered how the telephone came to be? Of all inventions, the telephone has made the largest impact in the Industrial Revolution. It led to and impacted so many positive things throughout the world. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, made an enormous impact, and was the beginning of something amazing. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in March 1847.