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This controversial issue divided French and English Canada by drafting men to fight in the war. BONUS: Name of Canadian PM at the time

What is Conscription? Robert Borden

100
This was an establishment where you could buy illegal booze during Prohibition.
What is a "Speakeasy"?
100
This new political party, run by J.S. Woodworth represented the Western Canadian farmers during the Depression.
What is the C.C.F. or the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation?
100

The name of the cultural genocide that targeted Jewish People

The Holocaust 
100
I was the Prime Minister of Canada during World War Two.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
200
This failed German military strategy was to take over France by easily marching through Belgium and then attacking Paris from behind.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
200
This outrageously dressed young women shocked society because it went against traditionally conservative clothing and culture.
What is a flapper?
200

Name 3 causes of the Great Depression.

The stock market crash, overproduction, tariffs and protectionism, easy credit, lack of financial regulations

200

This incident was the main reason the United States entered the war.

Pearl Harbour

200

The official start of WWII

September 1st 1939

300

Who made up the Triple Alliance?

What is the Triple Alliance?Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy! 

300

Consumerism was on the rise in the 1920s thanks to what?

Buying on credit, rise of advertisments, establishment of chain stores.

300

This political movement against the government during the Depression saw thousands of men heading to the nation's capital.

What is the On-to-Ottawa Trek?

300
The League of Nations practiced this policy of giving fascist dictators what they want in order to avoid getting into another war. It did not work.
What is Appeasement?
300

A car with the engine taken out and then pulled by a horse during the great Depression was called the _______ buggy, after me, the Prime Minister at the time.

Who is Prime Minister R.B. Bennett?

400

The Causes of WWI. (MANIA)

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination

400

This pandemic broke out following WWI killing more than 21 million worldwide

The Spanish Flu

400

Who were the two prime ministers during the great depression? What were their approaches to the economic crisis?

WLKM: Laissez-faire

Bennette: "New Deal"

400
England, Canada, United States, Russia, New Zealand, Austrailia.
What are the Allies?
400
I was the President of the United States that decided to drop the Atom Bomb on Hiroshimi which ended the war.
Who is Henry S. Truman?
500
During this famous battle posionous gas was used for the first time.
What is the Battle of Ypres?
500
The "Famous Five" went all the way to the Privy Council in England with this well known court battle for women to be recognised as people and allowed to run for Senate in Canada.
What is the Persons' Case?
500
This is the date that the Stock Market crashed leading to the worst economic depression the world has ever known.
What is October 29, 1929?
500

This WWII battle was the worst military disaster in Canadian history.

What is the Dieppe Raid?

500

The Three conflicts that the League of Nations attempted to resolve ahead of WWII but failed.

The Spanish Civil War, the Manchuria Invasion, Ethiopia's Invasion by Italy.