🎯 Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did both Diefenbaker and Pearson step down from leadership (Diefenbaker defeated in leadership convention, Pearson announced retirement)?
2. When was Canada's new maple leaf flag first raised on Parliament Hill?
3. Which social welfare program was introduced by Pearson's government in 1966 to provide free access to physician services?
4. Diefenbaker's political philosophy was based on what concept?
5. When did Mackenzie King introduce family allowance (the "baby bonus")?
✅ True or False Questions
6. Diefenbaker's "unhyphenated Canadianism" was particularly popular among French Canadians who appreciated his vision of equality.
7. Pearson's vision of Canada was based on the concept of "two founding peoples" - French and English.
8. English Canadians initially supported the new maple leaf flag while French Canadians wanted to keep the Red Ensign.
🔗 Matching Exercise
Match the social welfare programs with their introduction dates:
Social Programs
Unemployment Insurance
Family Allowance ("Baby Bonus")
Canada Pension Plan
Medical Care Act (Universal Healthcare)
Introduction Dates
1940 (by Mackenzie King during wartime)
1944 (by Mackenzie King to counter CCF appeal)
1966 (by Pearson, improved pension schemes)
1966 (by Pearson, free physician services)