World War I
This was the spark that started World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
After World War I, Canada became a member of this international organization that was dedicated to global peace and collective security.
What is the League of Nations?
This was the longest continuous military campaign of all World War II, and Canada was a part of it from the beginning.
What is the Battle of the Atlantic?
This line of radar stations was spread out in the Canadian Arctic and was meant to warn of incoming Soviet bombers.
What is the DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line?
This WWI prime minister, responsible for creating the War Measures Act, is on the $100 bill.
Who is Robert Borden?
This Canadian general was considered one of the greatest generals of all World War I. One of the few military commanders who genuinely cared about minimizing deaths of his soldiers.
Who is Arthur Currie?
Mishandling of the Great Depression led to frustration in the Western provinces and the creation of this political party.
What is the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)? Or, what is the Social Credit Party?
This was the codename of the beach Canadian soldiers landed at during the Invasion of Normandy (DDay).
What is Juno Beach?
These missiles, intended to be installed with nuclear tips, instead became very expensive blanks when large-scale political and public opposition led to them being filled with sandbags.
What are Bomarc missiles?
This Nobel-prize winning prime minister gave us the Maple Leaf flag in the 60s.
Who is Lester B Pearson?
This Canadian-made rifle, while accurate, was ill-suited for trench warfare--the mud and dirt led to it frequently jamming.
What is the Ross Rifle?
This workers protest ended when RCMP (then the NWMP), on a day now known as "Bloody Saturday", charged the crowd of protesters, resulting in two deaths, 30 injured, and roughly 100 arrests.
This group of Canadians were persecuted by the government. Their rights were taken away, their property was confiscated, and they were forcibly detained in internment camps for the duration of the war.
Who are Japanese Canadians.
This war led to such a large-scale refugee crisis that Canada wound up welcoming roughly 100,000 "boat people" into the country. Never before had Canada welcomed so many refugees in so little time.
What is the Vietnam War?
He was Canada's longest serving prime minister (21 years!) and is commemorated on the $50.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
This battle was a huge victory for Canadians against German forces. It was the first time all four Canadian divisions fought together and has since been recognized as a "symbol of Canadian national achievement".
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
Labour leader, "Slim" Evans, organized this cross-country movement to protest prime minister R B Bennett's handling of the Great Depression.
What is the On-To-Ottawa Trek?
When asked how many Jewish refugees fleeing Europe that Canada was accepted, a minister responded with "none is too many". Accordingly, this refugee ship was turned away, when it attempted to land in Canada.
What is the MS St. Louis?
In this event, the terrorist group, the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), kidnapped a British diplomat, leading ultimately to the death of a provincial MLA and the enacting of the War Measures Act in a time of peace.
What is the October Crisis?
This prime minister attempted to address Indigenous concerns by forcibly assimilating all Indigenous peoples through a document (disparagingly) known as the "White Paper". (Can also answer with the future prime minister who was also involved)
Who is Pierre Elliot Trudeau? Or, who is Jean Cretien?
This was the name of Canada's most famous WWI flying "ace", credited with 72 victories. He was the most successful ace of the British empire.
Who is Billy Bishop?
This political kerfuffle happened when a Governor General refused a prime minister's request to call an election. The resulting boondoggle has meant that ever since Governor Generals will never refuse a sitting prime minister's request.
What is the King-Byng Wing Ding (Crisis)?
In this conflict, Canadians were forced to surrender after 17 days of combat because they ran out of food and ammunition. Captured prisoners of war spent the rest of the war under brutal conditions, many dying due to malnutrition, disease, and hard labour.
What is the Defense of Hong Kong?
This Indigenous NDP MP single-handedly ended the Meech Lake Accord with a simple "no".
Who is Elijah Harper?
This prime minister was an early proponent of NATO as a military alliance, seeing it as necessary to defend the West against the spread of communism.
Who is Louis St. Laurent?