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What? • Frank Oliver, minister of the interior in 1905, changed the open-door policy to restricted, exclusive and selective • the act did not promote immigration • immigrants had to have a minimum sum of money, and officers turned away certain racial groups Historical Significance • act slowed the tide of non-English-speaking settlers into Canada

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EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Immigration Act 1910 > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Who was the minister of the interior in 1905?
   
   1. Wilfred Laurier
   2. Clifford Sifton
   3. Frank Oliver
   4. Nellie McClung





2. What did he change the open-door policy to?
   
   1. restricted
   2. exclusive
   3. selective
   4. All of the above




3. The Act did not promote immigration. This statement is:
   
   1. True
   2. False




4. Immigrants now had to:
   
   1. Have a minimal amount of money
   2. Have come from China only
   3. Be in certain racial groups
   4. Both a) and c)




5. What did the Immigration Act of 1910 do?
   
   1. Slowed the tide of non-English-speaking settlers into Canada
   2. Restricted any more British in entering because there was already too many
   3. Made it harder for people to immigrate to Canada
   4. Both a) and c)






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