HIST 235 - Canada Since 1837

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Not offered in 2009-2010

Rebellion of 1837: the Union of the Canadas. Confederation: Macdonald, Conservatives, Manitoba, Riel, the CPR and western expansion. Ontario’s centrality. Laurier and Liberalism. Borden, World War I, the 1920’s, the Depression, and World War II. Evolution of foreign policy and of welfare state: Mackenzie King, St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, and Pearson. Canada as a Middle Power. Québec: Duplessis, Quiet Revolution, Levesque, PQ and indépendantisme. Western growth, oil, resources, and alienation. Trudeau: bicultural federalism and the Canada Act. Mulroney and Conservatism fail: Liberal revival. Bloc Québec, Parizeau and the PQ’s second coming.Porter