Exam 2: Canadas Families: Historical and Contemporary Variations

Discuss the "open door" policy initiated by the Laurier government between 1896 and 1911.

A rising consumerism characterized the 1960s; however, families could still maintain a standard living on one income.

The definition of "family" is not as relevant to our individual, social, and national identities as it was 100 years ago.

The legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Canada came about with the Civil Marriage Act of ________

"The poor man's divorce" in the early 1900s meant that a woman had the ability to divorce her husband if he deserted the family.

In the 1950s, American feminist Betty Friedan called this time in women's lives to be "________"

The Canadian family of the 1950s typically had three to four children.

What did the Social Gospel of the late nineteenth century espouse?

The hippie ethic of the 1960s challenged sexual taboos and embraced "open marriage" and communal living.

The nation-building and westward expansion that occurred in the early twentieth century affected Aboriginal families far more than other Canadian families.

Comacchio refers to families that adapt and initiate larger demographic, economic, cultural, and political trends as ________

Today, the male breadwinner family is now unequivocally the minority experience among Canadians of all classes.

When the first wave of Baby Boomers entered adolescence in the 1960s, the problem worrying Canadians became known as the "________"

An abundance of medical and psychological experts in the 1960s helped to reduce threats to children's health.

Many newcomers were intent on resettling families, kin, and even entire villages, complete with their social institutions on the prairies. This familial practice became known as ________

In the new nation of Canada, urban middle class, anglophone, francophone, Protestant, and Catholic family life became less concerned with economic subsistence and more with maintaining ________ living standards.

The historic centrality of families derives from their vital social functions: reproduction, production, socialization, maintenance, and regulation.

Describe how families were affected by eugenics and pronatalism.

The second wave of immigrants to Canada took place in 1951, around the time of the revision of the Immigration Act.

In the late 1800s, Queen Victoria inspired ________, which focused on gendered separate spheres for men and women.