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who was the primeminister of Canada during WW1?
Robert Borden
What is militarism
The building up of armed forces in preparation for war/a belief that a country should maintain a strong military in order to be respected and powerful.
What was the military service act
forced men into conscription
Who was apart of the Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia
What were the hardships soldiers faced in the trench
lice, boredom, trench foot, shell shock, mud, disease
What role did women play during the war
factory jobs on the home front, running the family, nurses
What is No Man's Land
the land between the two opposing trench systems
What was one major battle Canadians were involved in?
Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Somme, Ypres
Who was apart of the Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
How did the machine gun change military strategy
It made offensive charges deadly, forcing armies to dig into defensive positions known as the trench.
Who assassinated Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
What is the Schlieffen Plan
Germany's plan to march through Belgium to quickly defeat the French, then turn and defeat the Russians
Was the Canadian army volunteer based or conscription based
Both. For the first few years of the war, the Canadian army was volunteer based, but by 1917, conscription was introduced.
Jutland
By April of 1915, despite being prohibited, the Germans used ______ for the first time on a massive scale
Chlorine Gas
Who is Arthur Currie
Canadian general, first Canadian to command a Canadian corps and planned and executed the plan at Vimy Ridge
what are the four major causes of WW1
Militarism, Nationalism, imperialism, alliances
When WW1 started there was a shortage of SMLE MK3 rifles and they were too expensive to produce, Thus Canada used what rifle?
The Ross Rifle
Who made up the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Which new weapon could cross barbed wire and trenches
the tank
Who is Conrad Von Hotzendorf
General of the Austro-Hungarian army
What is the Military's Voters Act
enabled not only men overseas to vote but also gave to the right for women, sisters and wives of serving soldiers the right to vote as women's votes would speak for the men that have given their lives.
What was the goal of the Homefront in Canada during the war?
To support the war through industry, food production, fundraising and recruitment.
Why did Italy leave the triple Alliance and join the allies in 1915
The allies offered more benefits (especially in territorial gains), conflicting interests with Austria-Hungary.
Invented in 1918, what was the name of the first true SMG
MP18