This 1923 law made it impossible for people new Chinese immigration to Canada.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
100
October 29, 1929 is the day the stock market crashed, ushering in the Great Depression. What is the nickname given to it?
What is Black Tuesday?
100
The name of the an agreement that left Germans feeling bitter after the First World War.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
100
This Austro-Hungarian prince's assassination in 1914 set off a series of events that led to World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
What are two long-term causes of World War I?
What are:
Nationalism
Imperialism
Arms Race/Militarism
Alliances
200
Between 1871 and 1931, Canada's population gradually shifted from living in rural areas to cities. This process is called...
What is urbanization?
200
Unemployed men traveled the country in search of jobs. They would hop trains and go from town to town seeking odd jobs. These people were called ________________ and were often treated as criminals.
What are transients?
200
Two major forms of instability in Germany that helped Hitler's rise to power:
What are economic instability and political instability?
200
This Canadian General was the first to lead Canadians into battle at Vimy Ridge. His battle planning and strategies secured the Allies only success in 1917.
What is Arthur Currie?
300
The following are all consequences of the kind of war fought on the Western Front:
- Mud and filth
- Wet and cold
- Disease and infection
- Stalemate
What is trench warfare?
300
This famous court case challenged the idea that women could not legally hold public office. It went all the way to in the Privy Council of England who ruled that women could in fact hold office.
What is the Persons Case?
300
During the Great Depression Canadians wrote letters to this Prime Minister asking for financial assistance in order to purchase basic necessities.
Who is R.B. Bennett?
300
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, the U.S. declared war. In Canada, Japanese-Canadians were under surveillance and many were relocated to the B.C. interior to live in ___________________.
What are internment camps?
300
This leader of the Liberal Party opposed Prime Minister Borden's conscription policy in the 1917 federal election. Borden ultimately won the election.
Who is Wilfred Laurier?
400
- Force able-bodied men to join the armed forces
- Put citizens born in enemy countries into work camps
- Introduce new taxes to pay for war
- Control what's printed in the newspapers
These are all additional powers given to the government under this law.
What is the War Measures Act?
400
As more American investment money entered Canada some American companies actually set up ___________ in Canada in order to avoid high tariffs.
What are branch plants.
400
List two reasons why farmers in the prairies were hit particularly hard by the Great Depression.
What are:
- Falling international demand for Canadian products (wheat)
- Drought made it impossible to grow crops
- Dry soil was whisked away in huge dust storms (dust bowl)
- Plagues of grasshoppers ate what little farmers could grow
400
This battle was a low point for Canada during WWII. Canadians were set to storm beaches in order to test German defenses and collect key intelligence. Unfortunately, the Germans were tipped off and slaughtered the Canadian troops as they stormed the beach.
What is the Dieppe Raid?
400
He is the longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history. He took many steps to increase Canada's independence from Britain and he led Canada during the Second World War.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
500
This issue during World War I caused increased tensions between English and French Canadians as Prime Minister Borden sought answers to increased military enlistment.
What is Conscription?
500
Residential schools were set up as a means to strip Aboriginals of their tradition and culture. This process is called...
What is assimilation?
500
In response to high unemployment federal and provincial governments reluctantly contributed to ________________ that gave families/persons a small weekly allowance. Unfortunately, usually it was not enough.
What are relief programs?
500
This agreement made Canada a key location to train air crew from all over the Commonwealth.
What is the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)?
500
She was the first elected woman to Parliament during the 1920s and spent a quarter-century pursuing women's issues and social reforms.