Unit 3

After Confederation

Activity

1. Download the lesson summary, Canadian Pacific Railroad.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
   
• You will then be able to view the Canadian Pacific Railroad worksheet.
  




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3. Complete the lesson summary as you read the assigned textbook pages below. 


4. Read pages 202 to 206 of the textbook.
   
• These pages explain the development of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and its challenges.


• Building the Iron Road (transcontinental railroad) began in the 1870s to bring British Columbia into Confederation, to keep the Americans out of Canada, and to transport thousands of settlers and immigrants to the West.


5. When you have completed your Canadian Pacific Railroad worksheet, go to the next page.



The transcontinental railway was completed in 1885.

Document: Canadian Pacific Railroad

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