Suffrage Webquest
Suffrage Webquest
Suffrage Webquest
Using the Suffrage in Canada Webquest found under the Social 7 tab of www.bcnsocial.weebly.com, and
posted on D2L, complete the following activities. Note these will be your notes for this part of the unit.
2. Use pg. 345 and 347 to determine when each of the following groups of people in the box to the
left were allowed to vote.
2. Watch the following video on the suffrage movement and the Persons Case. Answer:
c. What change did they achieve? How did they achieve this change?
Activity 3 Suffrage for Everyone
1. Using the link: 1963 Universal Right to Vote, answer:
a. What are 3 examples of non-European immigrants who were denied the right to vote
before 1963?
b. What types of discrimination were removed from electoral laws, and when?
2. Using the video and short article found in the link Diefenbaker and the Native Vote, answer:
a. Before 1963, what would First Nations people have to do in order to gain the right to
vote?
a. What was the biggest problem in Canada for Harry and Roy?
b. Why was conscription (forced military service) a problem for Chinese Canadians?
c. How did Chinese use WWII to persuade the Canadian government to grant them the
right to vote?
b. Which province was the first to give women the right to vote?
c. What steps have been taken to make sure voting is available for everyone?