Clifford Sifton and the Last Best West
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Key Questions
- 1Who were the "stalwart peasants in sheepskin coats" and why were they targeted?
- 2How did the Canadian government rank different ethnicities in its immigration hierarchy?
- 3What was the impact of the Dominion Lands Act on settlement patterns?
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