Official policy in Canada from 1885 to 1923 that charged a fee and regulated how many immigrants could come to Canada from China (typically through Vancouver).
What is the (Chinese) Head Tax?
100
Canadian historian and author of "Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History."
Who is Margaret MacMillan?
100
The important Canadian document that was under review in the famous "Persons Case" which used the phrase "qualified persons" when referring to who could run for political office in Canada.
What is the British North America (BNA) Act?
100
The European nation where almost all the fighting took place (i.e. suffered the highest percentage of casualties in the war).
What is France?
100
The city and year associated with the Versailles treaty.
What is Paris, 1919?
200
The term to describe a new type of society brought about by industrialization and crowded cities at the beginning of the 20th century.
What is mass society?
200
"Feeling part of something in uncertain and fluid times can be ___________."
What is "comforting"?
200
The nickname for a supporter of Prohibition and who abstains from any consumption of alcohol.
What is a "tee-totaler"?
200
French Canadians in particular were strongly opposed to this Canadian recruiting policy towards the war effort in support of the British Empire.
What is Conscription?
200
German payments made to the victor nations of WW1 to rebuild Europe.
What are reparations?
300
The term to describe the birth of large-scale newspaper, magazine, and book publications (in addition to the new medium of "motion pictures") to educate, entertain, or influence their readers.
What is mass media?
300
Beginning in the 20th century, this new demographic in society emerged as a result of prolonged schooling and industrialization of farming labour.
What is the (idea of the) "teenager"?
300
The prominent Canadian female activists involved in the Persons' Case (1928).
Who are the "Famous Five"?
300
The end of the First World War, originally known as "Armistice Day".
What is November 11th (1918)?
300
This question was the primary issue that divided the Allied powers (Britain, France, the USA, etc.) when drafting the Treaty of Versailles.
"What to do with a defeated Germany?"
400
In the early 1900s, Canada was part of the British Empire. Naturally, the majority of English-speaking Canadians supported this. This term is used to describe that majority.
What is a (British) imperialist?
400
The political concept that draws on history (examples include Marxism, Fascism, or religious fundamentalisms) that provide overly simple and all-encompassing accounts of the past.
What are ideologies?
400
This major event had the unintended effect of advancing both the Prohibitionist and Womens' Suffrage movements.
What is "World War 1" or the "First World War"?
400
A World War 1 battle that strengthened the modern notion of Canadian identity because of Canada's outsized role in its victory and was commemorated with a speech by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2007.
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
400
The title of the plan also known as "Wilsonian diplomacy" that directly led to the birth of the League of Nations (precursor to the UN).
What are the 14 Points?
500
Many Canadians of British heritage at the dawn of the 20th century supported this concept in which immigrants abandoned their cultural traditions for the behaviour and value of English Canada. This was the DOMINANT view in Canada in the early 1900s.
What is Anglo-conformity?
500
Our collective identities (rather than just our individual identity) force us to ask this most important question:
"Who are WE?"
500
As a result of the Person's Case and other developments in the 20th century, this term now describes voting rights in Canada where the only restrictions are by citizenship and age.
What is universal suffrage?
500
(2 words) One of thee outpaced the other during the First World War and lead to mass casualties.
What are "technology" and "tactics"?
500
With Germany defeated, the biggest political fear in Western world (i.e. Allied powers) was _____________.