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The War at Home
MISCELLANEOUS
Conscription
Traty of Versailles
Cost of the War
100
Port that was blown up due to an accident
Halifax
100
On the front lines women generally served in this capacity
Nurses
100
Prime Minister of Canada who promised no conscription
Robert Bordon
100
President of the USA at the signing
Woodrow Wilson
100
Term for the huge devaluation of the German currency following WWI
Hyper-inflation
200
Use of media to attempt to influence peoples ideas
Propaganda
200
What new invention allowed machines guns to shoot through the Propeller of airplanes
Interrupter gear
200
Why was Conscription introduced?
Low enlistment, high casualties
200
Body that was created in an attempt to mediate future disputes
League of Nations
200
How many Canadians died during the war?
60 000
300
Introduced as a temporary measure to raise funds for the war
Income tax
300
This killed many million more people than the itself
Spanish Flu
300
Name one group who were exempt from conscription
Ill, pacifists, farmers
300
Official name for the $33 billion Germany had to pay
Reparations
300
which country sustained the highest number of war dead?
Germany
400
Hoarding goods until prices rise
Profiteering
400
Who assassinated the Austrian Arch Duke Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princeps
400
These people were heartily against conscription
French, Liberals, Conscientious objectors
400
Name given to the clause stating that Germany was solely responsible for causing the war
War guilt
400
What was used to back up Germany's new currency the Rentenmark?
Property
500
Imposed as an attempt to conserve necessities for the war
Rationing
500
Canada’s highest military honour
Victoria Cross
500
The act that gave female relatives of soldiers the vote
Wartime elections act
500
Name of the American presidents plan that he wanted the treaty based on
14 Points
500
The Treaty of Versailles divided Germany to give access to the sea to what country?
Poland