Canada & WW1 on the Battlefront
The campaign refers to the final 100 days of WWI, when Canadian forces played a key role in a series of successful offensives that helped push back German forces and ultimately led to the war’s end.
What was the "Canada’s Hundred Days" campaign?
These laborers, recruited in large numbers, faced harsh working conditions building Canada's railways
Who are Chinese immigrants?
The suffragette movement paved the way for this wave of activism.
What is feminism?
The federal government encouraged this type of financial support for veterans returning home from the war.
Pension Programs
WWI advancements in engine technology led to the post-war rise of this vehicle
The nickname for Canadian nurses who served in military hospitals overseas during WWI.
What is a Bluebird?
This policy established in 1885 and eliminated in 1923, specifically targeted Chinese immigrants with a head tax.
What is the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885?
This author and activist wrote the 1915 book "In Times Like These," arguing for women's suffrage in Canada.
Who is Nellie McClung?
During the war, women took on many roles in the workforce, including this occupation, which involved working in munitions factories.
What are "munitionettes"?
Following WWI, Canada signed this important treaty independently, symbolizing its growing autonomy from Britain.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This tactic led to high casualties and was mentally taxing.
What was the "Over the Top" tactic?
Strike in 1919
What was the Winnipeg General Strike?
Legal decision that finally allows women to be seen as "persons"
What is the Persons Case?
This Canadian prime minister was in office during most of World War I and was a proponent of conscription.
This Canadian government initiative was created after WWI to support returning soldiers with land, loans, and training.
What is the Soldier Settlement Act?
WWI resulted in rapid industrialization in Canada, with a massive expansion in munitions manufacturing, shipbuilding, and other war-related industries. This started the foundation for Canada’s economy and helped transition it to a more industrialized nation.
How did the Canadian economy change as a result of WWI?
This policy, often called the "Exclusion Act," essentially barred Chinese immigrants from entering Canada from 1923 to 1947.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This Canadian suffragist and member of the "Famous Five" is known for her advocacy for women's rights and her role in the Persons Case.
Who is Nellie McClung?
Disease in Canada, 1918
What was the Spanish Flu?
This 1920s policy prohibited immigration of certain ethnic groups and restricted people from enemy countries.
What is the Immigration Act of 1919?
Battle featured extremely muddy and flooded conditions, making it difficult for soldiers to move and fight.
How were the conditions in the Battle of Passchendaele?
This governmental policy, which imposed restrictions on Japanese Canadians during World War I, was later acknowledged with an official apology and compensation.
What is "Redress"?
This Canadian suffragist was part of the famous "Famous Five" who fought to have women legally recognized as "persons" under the British North America Act, leading to a landmark decision in 1929.
Who is Emily Murphy?
Leader of the Vimy Ridge battle
Who was Arthur Currie?
What is shell shock/PTSD?