PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > J.S. Woodsworth

What? • a progressive reformer who worked hard for the rights of working people • wrote book called Strangers Within Our Gates • the question was "how do you weld this heterogenous mass into one people- Canadian?", referring to the new immigrants Historical Significance • • newcomers must be educated, speak English, and participate in social services provided by churches, in order to maintain good communication between people

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PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > J.S. Woodsworth > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What book did Woodsworth write?
   
   1. Strangers Within our Gates
   2. Democracy
   3. Immigration to Canada in the 1900s
   4. Canadians in the Workplace





2. J.S. Woodsworth was a…
   
   1. prime minister
   2. progressive reformer
   3. rebellion
   4. the American president




3. He defended the rights of the ________ people.
   
   1. pregnant
   2. working
   3. dying
   4. French




4. What was he interested in?
   
   1. discrimination
   2. women's rights
   3. multiculturalism
   4. Adolf Hitler




5. How did he make a difference within the Canadian workplace?
   
   1. he made a big scene
   2. he killed the bosses
   3. he wrote a letter to the Prime Minister
   4. He brought the issue to public awareness





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