Nationalism and Politics
This type of nationalism emphasized preserving French-Canadian culture and autonomy in the early 20th century.
What is French-Canadian nationalism?
This labor tactic, involving a refusal to work, was often used by unions to demand better conditions.
What is a strike?
Canadian women gained the right to vote in federal elections in this year.
What is 1918?
Canada entered this war automatically when Great Britain declared war in 1914.
What is World War I?
This severe economic downturn began in 1929 and lasted for about a decade.
What is the Great Depression?
This economic system, characterized by private ownership and free markets, dominated Canada in the early 20th century.
What is capitalism?
This Prime Minister led Canada through most of World War I and introduced conscription.
Who is Sir Robert Borden?
This economic system, characterized by mass production and consumption, emerged in Canada in the 1920s.
What is consumer capitalism?
This group of people faced new government measures aimed at assimilation in the early 20th century.
Who are First Nations or Indigenous peoples?
This province strongly opposed conscription during World War I & II.
What is Quebec?
The situation in Europe in the early 1940s led to increased demand for this from Canada.
What is industrial production or manufactured goods?
This economic ideology, championed by figures like Wilfrid Laurier, promoted free trade and minimal government intervention.
What is economic liberalism?
This 1931 statute granted Canada full legislative independence from the United Kingdom.
What is the Statute of Westminster?
Where was Canada's largest general strike in 1919?
What is Winnipeg?
This system, established by the government, aimed to assimilate and educate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture.
What are residential schools?
This 1917 act allowed the Canadian government to conscript men for military service.
What is the Military Service Act?
This prairie province was particularly hard-hit by drought during the Depression, leading to widespread crop failures and the dust bowl.
What is Saskatchewan?
This economic theory, gaining popularity during the Great Depression, advocated for increased government spending to stimulate the economy.
What is Keynesianism?
This French-Canadian politician strongly opposed Canada's involvement in imperial wars.
Who is Henri Bourassa?
What were common natural resources in the Gatineau region in the 1920s?
What is pulp and paper, timber, and hydroelectricity?
This 1914 act gave the federal government extensive powers during both world wars.
What is the War Measures Act?
Name two of the big battles that the Canadian military fought in WWII.
What are Juno Beach/D-Day, Liberation of the Netherlands, the Battle of the Atlantic, and the Battle of Ortona?
These camps, established by the Canadian government, provided work and relief for unemployed single men during the Depression.
What are relief camps?
This ideology, championed by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the 1930s, called for public ownership of key industries.
What is socialism?
In 1926 where did Canada open its first embassy?
What is Washington D.C.?
Name the Women who lead the push for labour rights for women in the 1920's.
What is Lea Roback?
This social movement of the 1920s and 1930s aimed to improve the human race through selective breeding.
What is eugenics?
How did French Canadians opinion of joining the Boar War differ from their English Counterparts?
What is English-speaking Canada strongly supported Canadian involvement, while Quebec was determined to resist.
This economic policy, advocated by some during the Depression, called for increased government spending to stimulate the economy.
What is Keynesian economics?
This radical left-wing ideology, viewed with suspicion by many Canadians, gained some support among workers during the Great Depression. It is political ideology advocating for a classless society with common ownership of production means.
What is communism?