WW1 Battles
During which WW1 Battle was chlorine gas used for the first time?
The Second Battle of Ypres
Which country was forced to accept responsibility for causing the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
What 1929 court decision ruled that women were legally considered persons under the British North America Act?
The Persons Case
What major event in October 1929 helped trigger the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash
Prime Minister of Canada during WW1
Sir Robert Borden
What conditions at the Battle of Passchendaele made the fighting conditions so horrible?
Mud
Who were the four major powers that decided the terms of the treaty?
Britian, France, US, Italy
What manufacturing method, popularized by Henry Ford, allowed products like automobiles to be built faster and more cheaply by having workers complete one specific task as products moved along a production line?
The assembly line
What environmental disaster in the Canadian Prairies, caused by drought and soil erosion, forced many farmers to abandon their land?
The dust bowl
Canadian military leader at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and other major Canadian battles.
Sir Arthur Currie
Name of the military tactic first used at The Battle of Vimy Ridge, where soldiers followed closely behind rolling artillery barrage.
The creeping barrage
In what year was the Treaty of Versailles signed, officially ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers?
1919
What movement in the 1920s attempted to ban the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada, leading to illegal bars known as speakeasies and bootlegging?
Prohibition
What were the government-run camps called where unemployed single men were sent to work on construction and other projects for very little pay?
Relief Camps
During the On-To-Ottawa Trek in the 1930s, in what city did a riot break out?
Regina
Which battle holds the record for being the deadliest single day in British military history?
Battle of The Somme
What were the payments Germany was required to make to the Allied countries for the damage caused by the war called?
reparations
What Canadian Prime Minister was involved in the 1926 political controversy with the Governor General?
William Lyon Mackenzie King
What term describes people who travelled across Canada looking for work, often by hopping onto freight trains?
Transient or Migrant Workers
Prime Minister of Canada during The Great Depression
R.B. Bennett
During the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, which Canadian regiment suffered devastating losses at Beaumont-Hamel, with only 68 of approximately 800 men answering roll call the following morning?
The Newfoundland Regiment
Germany's army was reduced to how many men?
100, 000
What 1923 Canadian law virtually stopped Chinese immigration to Canada by allowing entry only under very limited exceptions?
Chinese Immigration Act, or Chinese Exclusion Act
What was the name of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's proposed set of government reforms intended to address the economic crisis?
Bennett's New Deal
In this city, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, kicking off the start of WW1
Sarajevo, Bosnia