World War 1
In what city did the general strike happen after the First World War?
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Who was Germany's leader during the Second World War?
Adolf Hitler.
What year was the first woman elected into the House of Commons?
1921.
After World War 1, how much money, on average, were women making in one week?
$6-7.
When is Remembrance Day?
November 11th.
When did the battle of Vimy Ridge take place?
April 1917
When was World War 2 officially over?
September 2nd, 1945.
What did Prime Minister Robert Borden do during the First World War that supported Women's rights?
He gave women who had relatives in the war the right to vote.
What province was the first to give women the right to vote?
Manitoba
Which world war did the battle of Vimy Ridge take place?
World War 1.
When was the third battle of Ypres in France?
July - November, 1917
When did Canada declare war on Germany?
September 10th, 1939
32,000.
Who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons?
Agnus MacPhail.
Why were people striking after World War 1?
Inflation went up, people were not making enough money. Housing and food prices went up.
When did Austria declare war on Serbia?
July 26th, 1914
What does it mean to be anti-Semitic?
To discriminate against people of Jewish faith.
At the end of World War 1, when did Canada sign the Treaty of Versailles?
June 1919.
What was the date that women were allowed to vote in the first province to let them do so?
January 29th, 1916
"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!"
Who said this?
Winston Churchill
Why were soldiers in the First World War not allowed to keep diaries or journals that described the war?
To prevent opposing forces from gathering information about military operations.
Which Prime Minister of Canada created the policies that were anti-Semitic?
William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Why did the Canadian government create policies that were anti-Semitic?
The government saw the acceptance of large numbers of Jewish immigrants as a threat to Canadian society.
What are the names of the Famous Five?
1. Henrietta Mair Edwards
2. Nellie McClung
3. Louise McKinney
4. Emily Murphy
5. Irene Parbly
"It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government".
Who said this? When did they say it?
William Lyon Mackenzie King on August 26th, 1936