The Soldier's Return Home
Worker's Rights
Women's Rights
Prohibition
Residential Schools
100
What day and year did WW1 end?
November 11, 1918
100
What Canadian city went on strike in 1919?
Winnipeg
100
This famous woman was a part of the Alberta Five
-Nellie McClung
100
Define Prohibition.
making or selling alcohol is illegal
100
How many years did residential schools run in Canada
100 years
200
Define an "armistice".
An agreement between counties to no longer fight.
200
Which group of workers were the first to walk off the job during the Winnipeg General Strike?
The "Hello Girls"
200
What year did women receive the vote (federally)?
1918
200
What is a rum runner?
someone who smuggled illegal alcohol, usually from Canada to the United States.
200
Why were Aboriginal children sent to residential schools?
-to "Christianize" them -to erase their culture -fit them into the rest of British Canadian society
300
What disease killed 20 million people by 1918?
The Spanish Flu
300
What were two demands of the striking workers in Winnipeg?
-better pay -recognize unions -better hours -better working conditions
300
What new rights were given to women in the 1920s. List TWO.
-enter stores previously not allowed into (cigar stores) -the vote -the right to a minimum wage
300
What were some arguments to support prohibition? List 3.
-decrease in domestic abuse and child abuse -decrease in violent crime and theft -men brought their money home instead of spending it at the bar
300
List 3 punishments residential school students endured.
-physical abuse -sexual abuse -electrical shock -solitary confinement -denied food
400
List 3 reasons why a soldier's return home was not particularly joyful.
-family dead from the flu -did not have a pension right away -some were "unemployable" (missing limbs) -cost of living had doubled -no jobs because factories were still in a wartime economy
400
How did the strike end? Give 3 facts.
-mounted police were called in -11 strike leaders arrested -riot broke out -1 police officer killed -over 30 injured
400
What did the Alberta Five and Nellie McClung fight for?
-women to be declared legally "people" -the right for women to sit in the senate
400
What were the "wet" arguments against prohibition. List 2.
-it was a man's social custom -it limited the rights of the individual's choice -believed in being in control of yourself
400
Name 3 living conditions of residential schools.
-poorly maintained buildings -lack of lighting and heat -poor air circulation and disease -food was not nutritious (baked beans) -overcrowded
500
List two reasons why being an Aboriginal or Japanese Canadian soldier would have been a than a British Canadian soldier upon their return home.
-lost the right to vote -did not receive the pension that other soldiers eventually got -treated as second class citizens
500
What was historically significant about the Winnipeg General Strike? Use TWO of the R's: resonant, remembered, revealing, resulted in change, remarkable
-Remarkable = largest strike in Canada- 30,000 people -Remembered = remembered as a strike that shut down an entire city -revealing = demonstrated the fear of the government against communism -Resulted in Change = unions are now a part of many workplaces
500
What was significant about the change in women's fashion during the 1920s, using the flapper as an example.
-revealing = reflected the new freedoms women had by wearing loose fitting clothing with little form -the "bob" hair cut reflected a new sense of freedom from past expectations
500
Why did prohibition not work? List two reasons.
-not enforceable: doctors would prescribe alcohol to patients, rum runners and speakeasies became a lucrative business, the mafia become very powerful
500
Why are Residential Schools a significant part of Canadian history? (use 3 of the 5 Rs)
Remembered- a Canadian tragedy which was recognized, compensated, and apologized for Resonant- many Aboriginal communities are still seeing the effects today Revealing- Shows that Canada discriminated, acted in racism, and was not always multicultural Remarkable- lasted over 100 years Resulted in Change- schools were closed by 1996, millions of dollars were offered as compensation, an investigation was launched into the treatment of children at these schools
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