Canada's History
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was crucial to Confederation because it fulfilled a promise to bring which province into Canada?
- ○Manitoba
- ○Alberta
- ✓British Columbia
- ○Saskatchewan
Correct answer
British Columbia
British Columbia agreed to join Confederation in 1871 on the condition that a transcontinental railway be built within ten years. The CPR fulfilled this promise when it was completed in 1885.
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