World War One
The Roaring Twenties
People
Important Definitions
100

No soldier could ever have been prepared for the horrible conditions of trench warfare. 

What is life in the trenches. 

100

This person was elected prime minister in the 1921 federal election. 

What is William Mackenzie King. 

100

On the Pacific coast, this person was known as the best painter. 

What is Emily Carr. 

100

Designed to persuade people to support the war. 

What is Propaganda. 

200

Women who worked in the medical field during World War one got this nickname because of the colour of their uniforms. 

What is Bluebirds. 

200

Workers started to demand for higher wages, and better working conditions which resulted in this strike.  

What is the Winnipeg General Strike. 

200

Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps where he became Canada's top Ace with Seventy-two kills. 

What is Billy Bishop. 

200

Granted the Canadian government the authority to do everything necessary for the security, defence, peace, order, and welfare of Canada.

What is the War Measures Act 

300

This had sparked the start of World War One. 

What is the assassination in Bosnia. 

300

In the 1920s, this country started to invest in Canada. 

What is the United States. 

300

A well-known suffragist who fought in the Persons Case. 

What is Emily Murphy. 

300

When a pilot could prove that he had shot down five enemy aircraft, he was identified as...

What is an Ace. 

400

The end of the war did not end peoples sufferings.  A deadly influenza virus spread across the world. 

What is the Spanish Flu. 

400

Prohibition was established during this time, which resulted in people selling alcohol illegally. 

What is bootlegger. 

400

The enormous task of training and supplying the troops with clothing and munitions in World War One.

What is Sam Hughes, minister of militia. 

400

Intense loyalty towards one's own country and culture. 

What is nationalism. 

500

The army that was formed from volunteers which contributed greatly to Canada's growing sense of national identity. 

What is the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). 

500

This case brought the issue of female political participation to a head. 

What is the Persons Case. 

500

Wrote the famous poem "In Flanders Field" to commemorate the dead and injured Canadians he treated in Belgium. 

What is John McCrae.

500

The document that eventually set out the terms of peace agreement in 1919. 

What is Treaty of Versailles.