HIS263Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Factory Acts, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, United Mine Workers
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His 263 term 2 lecture 2 industrialization. Place word count at end of review. 2 copies: turnitin!!!!! and hard copy to t. a. Choose one article out of the five provided. Gnp measures a countries overall economic performance. Two major urban centers: toronto & montreal. Economic growth was not a steady process. Sponsored immigration (will be covered next week) National policy linked markets, encouraged industry growth (developed. Because of policy, capitalist investment increased (good idea) industries that wouldn"t otherwise go nationally) Under policy canadian entrepreneurs produced products in canada. Policy didn"t protect canada from foreign countries (u. s. and great. Britain); didn"t protect canadians from national economic trends. Rail: 55,000km of track; allowed for daily mail/post delivery, decreased travel costs. Allowed for canada to open up on a national level, import/export/transport of various goods nationally. Communication: alexander graham bell (telephone call from paris, Ontario to brantford, ontario), guglielmo marconi (wireless phone call)
