Canada WW1
Canada fought WW1 because they were a dominion of what empire?
British Empire
What does "suffrage" mean?
The right to vote?
The Great Depression was a time when many people lost these.
Jobs//Farms
Farms in the prairies were being destroyed by what pest?
Grasshoppers
What year did WW1 End?
1918
Women helped during the war by doing what in Canada
What group petitioned the government to allow women to run in elections?
The Famous 5
During the Great Depression, people who couldn't find food at at _____________
Soup Kitchens.
When the economy slows down its called a ________
recession
The word that means people began moving into cities
Urbanization
The 1931 law that gave Canada power to make its own laws without British aproval?
Statute of Westminster
The Famous Five fought for women to be called this in the law.
Persons
Because of womens work during WW1 they began to fight for what right
the right to vote
What weather event damaged crops in the prairies?
Drought
____________ is when a people in a country start working in factories producing goods.
Industrialization
How many citizens went to Europe to fight in WW1?
600000
Who is one member of the Famous 5
Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Edwards, Louise Mckinney, Irene Parlby
During the Great Depression, young people had to quit what to do work on family farms
school
How did young people travel across the country during the great depression?
Riding the rails
The Great Depression began in what year
1929
After WW1, Canada signed this a Peace Treaty as an independent country
Treaty of Versailles
Who were the last group of people given the right to vote?
Indigenous people (without giving up their treaty status)
The word that for mandatory military service for men 18-45
Conscription
The great depression was caused by ___________
Stock Market Collapse
Women in Canada gained the right to vote in what year?
1918