Part a: as used in paragraph 3 of the passage from a women who went to alaska, what is the meaning of the word “oppressive”?

The correct answer is: Strict and unfair.

In paragraph 3 of "A women who went to Alaska," the narrator describes the Canadian Dominion governmen as "oppressive" because it imposed and strictly enforced arbitraty laws.

It charged miners a large amount of money to get a license for mining and a  ten percent royalty on all of the gold digged.