What does CPR stand for?
Canadian Pacific Railway
What were the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism, Nationalism
What is Propaganda?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular cause
Where is Versailles?
France
Name 3 new forms of technology used in WWI
machine guns, poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines
In the early 1900s, Canada severely restricted immigration from Asia. Who travelled in the Komagata Maru in 1914, and was denied entry into Vancouver?
British Indians, mostly Sikh Punjabis.
Of the 4 major battles of WWI, which was the bloodiest?
The Somme
Why is the following statement considered a myth?: Canada became a unified nation at Vimy Ridge.
Canada was divided as two nations by WWI and conscription.
How did the Treaty of Versailles affect Canada?
We could attend the Paris Peace Conference (separate representation)
We could sign the treaty (although under the British Empire)
We could be a separate member of the League of Nations
What was the spark of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist
The Vancouver riots in 1907 were due to
What are 3 differences between Billy Bishop and Frances "Peggy" Pegahmagabow?
Billy: Pilot, 72 "kills", White Canadian
Frances: Sniper, 400 "kills", Indigenous Canadian
Remembrance Day, due to pressure mainly from veterans groups. The new focus would be on the memory of fallen soldiers instead of the political and military events leading to victory in the First World War.
Why was the Spanish Flu worse than COVID-19?
Killed 50-100 million people from 1918 to 1920 (2-5% of the world’s population!)
Spanish Flu also caused serious social and economic problems, especially for the poorest Canadians
What animals were "known to drown in the mud if they stepped off the duckboards" during Passchendaele?
Horses
What was Canada's first overseas war?
The Boer War (1899-1902)
What are War Loans, Victory Bonds, and the War Income Tax? What was interesting about the War Income Tax?
War Loans: government borrows $ by selling bonds to investors, to redeem after with 5% interest
Victory Bonds: government borrows $ by selling bonds to the public, to redeem after with 5.5% interest
War Income Tax: government collects tax from families/individuals. THIS DIDN'T END WITH WAR!
What were the 3 myths about Canada in WWI?
Canada became a unified nation at Vimy Ridge
Canadian soldiers “fought for our freedom”
Canada was part of the “good guys” in WWI
After WWI, who could vote?
White men + White women aged 21 and over
The ___________________________ was an all-Black military battalion who served in France, working with white loggers to produce lumber essential for building trenches, observation posts, and railway ties.
The No. 2 Construction Battalion
What was the Chinese Head Tax?
A discriminatory fee imposed on Chinese immigrants to restrict immigration.
Name 2 people/groups FOR conscription.
Name 2 people/groups AGAINST conscription.
FOR: PM Robert Borden, mothers & wives of soldiers fighting overseas, soldiers who were fighting overseas
AGAINST: French-Canadians, Farmers, Labour Unionists
What is significant about the fields in Flanders?
Fields that had been barren before battle exploded with the blood-red flowers after the fighting ended.
What was the Winnipeg General Strike?
More than 30,000 workers left their jobs. Factories, shops, transit and city services shut down. The strike resulted in arrests, injuries and the deaths of two protestors. It did not immediately succeed in empowering workers and improving job conditions. But the strike did help unite the working class in Canada.
A Canadian recognized the gas and helped come up with a temporary solution, _______________
Urinating onto a cloth and breathing through it