Tuesday 10 December 2013

Day 64: Cold War Quiz and Quebec Nationalism

Cold War Quiz

Finished Quebec Notes:
  • Great Darkness  Premier Maurice Duplessis led the Union Nationale party
  • "Time for a change"  Jean Lesage became premier of Quebec after Duplessis.  Period known as the Quiet Revolution.  Rise of Separatism
  • Bi and Bi Commission
  • Official Languages Act.  French Canadians still wanted special status in the constitution as a distinct society
  • October 1970 - FLQ Crisis.  War Measures Act
  • Constitution act 1982. 
  • Kitchen Compromise in 1981. 
  • Brian Mulroney's plans: Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accord
  • Results of the 1995 referendum (almost a YES)
Watched CPH clip: "Time for Change" (discusses Duplessis, Levesque, RIN)
                                "Opening vignette" (discusses  the moon landing and Quebec Sovereignty)
                                "Under a new flag" (developing a new Canadian flag

In Class provincial exam essay write on Thursday

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