War & Chaos
What battle is often considered Canada's coming of age during WWI?
What is the Battle Vimy Ridge?
What decade is known as the Roaring Twenties?
What is the 1920's?
What year did WWI begin?
What is 1914?
What was the War Measures Act?
What is a law giving the government emergency powers during wartime.
The person who led the Bulter Oilfield Riots
Who is Uriah "Buzz" Butler?
What law gave the Canadian government emergency powers during wartime?
What is the War Measures Act?
What event is often seen as the beginning of the Great Depression?
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
What year did WWII end?
What is 1945?
What group was interned during WWII in Canada?
What is Japanese Canadians?
Trinidad was important during WWII
What is strategic military location and bases?
What was the name of the policy that forced over 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes during WWII?
What is Japanese Canadian Internment ?
What environmental disaster affected Prairie farmers during the Depression?
What is the Dust Bowl?
Who were the Famous Five?
Who are five women who fought for women to be legally recognized as persons?
What rights were taken away from Japanese Canadians?
What are freedom of movement, property rights, voting rights?
Decolonization means...
What is colonies gaining independence from colonial powers?
What was the purpose of propaganda during WWII?
What is to encourage support for the war effort, enlistment, rationing, and war bonds?
Name TWO causes of the Great Depression in Canada.
Stock Market Crash, Overproduction, Drought, Dependence on exports
How did women contribute during WWII?
What are factory work, Military support roles, Nursing, Home front support, Replaced men who went overseas?
Why did the government say internment was necessary?
What is national security concerns?
How did the Butler Oilfield Riots help bring change to Trinidad and Tobago?
What are: Drew attention to poor working conditions, Highlighted low wages and worker exploitation, Increased support for labour rights, Encouraged the growth of trade unions, Challenged colonial authority, Inspired future political change, Helped lay the foundation for independence movements
Explain ONE similarity and ONE difference between the treatment of enemy aliens during WWI and Japanese Canadians during WWII.
Similarity: Both had rights restricted.
Difference: Japanese Canadians were removed from their homes and property was seized.
What protest saw unemployed men travel toward Ottawa during the Depression?
What is On-to-Ottawa Trek?
Why did the Dust Bowl occur in the Canadian Prairies during the Great Depression? Give TWO causes.
What is Severe drought and lack of rainfall, Over-farming of the land, Removal of natural prairie grasses, Soil erosion caused by strong winds, Poor farming practices that exhausted the soil
Which is more important during wartime: safety or freedom? Explain your answer.
Teacher Choice:
looking for- opinion, example from history and explain reasoning
Trinidad labour rights were similar to Canada's civil rights movement
What is both fought against inequality & sought greater rights and & opportunities?