World War 1
The compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
What is conscription?
Economic hardship on the Prairies was worsened by these two factors.
Falling wheat prices and severe drought (Dust Bowl)
Classical liberalism values these two principles above all.
Individual freedom and limited government
The first Canadian province to established Universal Healthcare
What is Saskatchewan?
Established in 1885, this is the oldest national park in Canada.
What is Banff?
This secret Serbian group was responsible for an assassination that sparked WWI.
The Black Hand
A 1935 protest march that ended violently in Regina.
What was the On-to-Ottawa Trek?
Reform liberalism believed the government should do this to help citizens.
Intervene in the economy and support social welfare
This act gave the government emergency powers during WWI.
The War Measures Act
The term describing land between enemy trenches during WWI.
What is No Man's Land?
The assassination of this Austrian Archduke sparked WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A 1919 event in Manitoba that symbolized worker discontent and added to the fear of communism by the government and citizens.
What was the Winnipeg General Strike?
This economist’s theory argued that governments should spend during recessions to stimulate the economy.
John Maynard Keynes (Keynesian Economics)
The Halifax Explosion was responsible for approximately how many deaths in 1917?
2000
This 1,815-foot-tall communications and observation edifice is the tallest structure in Toronto.
What is the CN Tower?
Name four features of trench life that made it miserable.
Rats, mud, lice, cold, disease, shellfire, etc.
This ideology believes in government ownership of major industries and equality through a sharing of all wealth between citizens.
What is communism?
This term describes a government that provides programs like healthcare and unemployment insurance.
A Welfare State
Immigrants from enemy nations had to carry these and were often sent to internment camps.
Identity papers (registration cards)
Your teacher's sport of choice in high school.
What is BMX?
This 1917 battle became a symbol of Canadian achievement and unity.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
An ideology that emphasizes strong leadership, hyper-nationalism, and suppression of all opposition.
What is Fascism?
The person responsible for Saskatchewan's universal medicare system, having championed and implemented it as the Premier of Saskatchewan.
Who is Tommy Douglas?
Prime Minister Borden demanded this recognition for Canada at the end of the first world war.
Independent nation status / separate signature at Versailles
The party that the NDP was formerly known as
What is the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation?