PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Timothy Eaton

What? • transformed his small store on Yongue street in to a major department-store chain of Eaton's • introduced the mail-order catalogue Historical Significance • the catalogue made lives easier for rural families allowing them to purchase • formed Eaton's which still exists today (but under the name of eatons owned by Sears Canada)

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PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Timothy Eaton > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What did Timothy Eaton introduce to Canadians to help rural families purchase hard-to-find items?
   
   1. the mail-order catalogue
   2. newspaper advertisements
   3. poster and pamphlets
   4. both b) and c)





2. Who is Timothy Eaton?
   
   1. a farmer
   2. a teacher
   3. a lumberjack
   4. an entrepreneur




3. Where was Timothy Eaton's first store?
   
   1. Near the St.Lawrence Sea Way
   2. Yonge Street in Toronto
   3. Times Square in New York
   4. Dundas Street in Toronto




4. Why did rural families purchase from Eaton's?
   
   1. They liked the name
   2. The mail-order catalogue was convenient
   3. The items they wanted could never be found at their local general store
   4. both b) and c)




5. When was the Eaton's company established?
   
   1. year 2000
   2. 250 B.C.
   3. At the end of the 19th century
   4. At the beginning of the 20th century





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