Causes of WWI
This term describes a country's aggressive buildup of its military forces and weapons.
What is militarism?
This dangerous area separated opposing trenches and was often covered with barbed wire and exposed to machine-gun fire.
What is No Man's Land?
This Canadian fighter pilot became one of the most famous flying aces of WWI and was credited with 72 aerial victories.
Who was Billy Bishop?
Canadians could purchase these government-issued investments to help finance Canada's participation in WWI.
What are Victory Bonds?
In 1914, this ship carrying hundreds of passengers, mostly from British India, was refused entry to Canada, exposing the country's discriminatory immigration policies.
What is the Komagata Maru?
Look at the image on this slide. What cause of the war is this political cartoon commenting on?
Alliances
This type of warfare involved soldiers fighting from long networks of defensive ditches, often resulting in a stalemate.
What is trench warfare?
Germany adopted this naval strategy, which allowed its submarines to sink ships without warning in designated war zones.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This practice encouraged or required civilians to limit their consumption of certain products so more resources would be available for the war effort.
What is rationing?
This segregated military unit was established in 1916 and allowed Black Canadians to serve in the Canadian military, primarily performing construction and labour duties.
What is the No. 2 Construction Battalion?
European countries competed to control colonies and expand their empires before WWI. This competition is an example of this cause of war.
What is Imperialism?
During this 1915 battle, Canadian soldiers faced one of the first large-scale poison gas attacks on the Western Front.
What is the Second Battle of Ypres?
This system protected merchant ships from German submarines by having them travel together under the protection of naval escorts.
What is the convoy system?
In 1917, the Canadian government introduced this program on Canadians to help pay the enormous costs of WWI.
What is income tax?
This First Nations soldier became one of Canada's most decorated Indigenous soldiers of WWI and was known for his skills as a sniper and scout.
Who was Francis Pegahmagabow?
This form of extreme pride in one's nation contributed to tensions between different ethnic groups in Europe, particularly in the Balkans.
What is nationalism?
Both occurred in 1917: one battle became a symbol of Canadian military achievement, while the other became infamous for its mud and enormous casualties. Name both battles.
What are Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele?
These TWO events involving Germany helped turn American public opinion against Germany and contributed to the United States eventually entering WWI.
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note?
What is being voted for in this political cartoon?
What is conscription?
During WWI, the Canadian government used this term to describe certain immigrants from countries Canada was fighting against, treating them as potential threats.
What are "enemy aliens"?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand might have remained a regional conflict without this system of agreements, which helped draw multiple European powers into war.
What are alliances?
The Battle of the Somme resulted in enormous casualties with relatively little territory gained. This illustrates a strategy focused on gradually wearing down the enemy's ability to fight.
What is a war of attrition?
This Canadian pilot was officially credited at the time with shooting down Germany's famous fighter ace, the Red Baron, although historians still debate who was responsible.
Who was Roy Brown?
Women's contributions during WWI helped strengthen demands for this political right, which expanded federally for many Canadian women in 1917–1918, although not all women were included.
What is women's suffrage (the right to vote)?
This controversial provision of the Treaty of Versailles assigned responsibility for the war's losses and damages to Germany and its allies.
War Guilt Clause