Battles
This battle marked the first large-scale use of chlorine gas, where Canadians used urine-soaked rags to survive
What is the Second Battle of Ypres?
What are U-boats?
the MAIN long term causes of WWI
What were militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and alliances?
Forced military service.
What is conscription?
The space between opposing trenches.
What is No Man's Land?
This battle at the end of the war solidified Canada as a military power to be respected by the Great Powers of the world
What is the 100 Days Offensive?
Messages from the government encouraging enlistment and support for the war effort
What is propaganda?
The immediate cause/spark that caused WWI
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The law that gave certain women the right to vote (to ensure support for conscription).
What is the Wartime Elections Act?
Main training camp for Canadian soldiers in Quebec.
What is Valcartier?
This is the (land) battle where more men died by drowning than any other cause.
What is the Battle of Passchendaele?
The technology that turned "No Man's Land" into an impassable zone, leading to trench stalemate
What is the machine gun?
Many Canadians rushed to enlist because they believed the war would be over by _________________________
What is Christmas?
The piece of legislation gave the Canadian government "total war" powers to control the economy and arrest "enemy aliens"
What is the War Measures Act?
Non-military sailors that worked to deliver goods to Britain from Canada
What is the Merchant Navy?
This Battle was significant because it caused the loss of an entire generation of young men which crippled Newfoundland’s economy and political future
What is the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel?
Canada’s Minister of Militia and Defense was criticized for insisting on the use of this faulty piece of equipment
What is the Ross Rifle?
The alliance containing Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy
What is the Triple Alliance?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Canada's Minister of Milita and Defense
Who was Sir Sam Hughes?
In December 1917 this significant disaster occurred in Canada and brought the danger of war home?
What is the Halifax Explosion?
The technology that first appeared at the Battle of the Somme.
What is the tank?
The alliance system that Canada was considered a part of (by proxy)
What is the Triple Entente?
Deal where boys were excused from school and exams if they worked a full harvest
What is "Soldiers of the Soil"?
First Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps.
Who is Sir Arthur Currie?