People
Prime Minister during WW1
Prime Minister during 1920s
Sir Robert Borden
Mackenzie King
Describe Ypres
First gas attack
What were women's jobs in the 1920s?
What role did WW1 play in changing lives of Canadian Women?
Able to work, right to vote, bluebirds/ nurses, etc
What is propaganda?
A series of bias ads that is trying to convince people so sign up/ help out with the war
Two members of the Alberta Five
Emily Murphy, Nellie Mc Lung
What was the Schlieffen plan?
To attack France first before Russia Mobilizes
What year was the Spanish Influenza?
1919
What group benefitted the most from the prosperity of the 1920's?
Employers, bankers, upper- class
What does MAIN stand for?
Who is General Arthur Currie?
First and only Canadian general in WW1, in charge of battles like Vimy Ridge and the Hundred Days Campaign
The bloodbath, designed to be a 'big push' to destroy German shoulders
Explain prohibition
Forbade manufacturing, transportation and importation of alcohol
What were some cultural changes that characterized the roaring twenties?
Inventions like the car, vacuum, radio, jazz dances
Describe the conscription crisis (why they chose to use conscription, why Borden had hesitations)
Losing lots of men, more being lost than signing up
Borden promised no conscription at the start of the war
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the last war in WW1?
The Hundred Days Campaign
What was rum- running?
Illegally bringing alcohol to places like the United States
Short term, long term consequences in participation to battles during WW1
High death count, conscription, right to vote
What were some new countries created after the Treaty of Versailles?
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria
Who was Frederick Banting
Discovered insulin, sold it for $1
Describe Vimy Ridge
The first battle run by Canadians, spent all winter preparing, took over massive German ground
Why did Bloody Saturday happen?
Due to inflation and lack of listening to what workers had to say, employees went on strike for better pay and working conditions
Significance of Halibut treaty in the History of Canada's relationship with Great Britain.
First time Canada ever spoke to a nation without Britain's interference
Where were 'enemy aliens' from?
Austria- Hungary, Germany, Ukraine