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| A group of women who despite repression, wanted the right to vote so they could influence their government |
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| French Canadians did not support Britain, they wanted nationalists who wanted Canada to be more independent |
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| The dederal government that tried to limit immigration from asia by placing a head tax on immigrants from china |
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| a ship carrying mostly sikhs was forced to return to india after they were denied entry into canada |
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| By the 1880 aboriginals in the prairies were living on reserves designated area of land use 2 fre de open lan for EU immagrants |
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| Schools for aboriginial children run by churches where the conditions were a unsanitary and caused diseases like turberculosis to spread quickly |
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| a federal government policy trying to abolish tradational aboriginal culture and accustom them to the european way of life. Such residential schools and forced farming are examples of this. |
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| pressed for better pay, reduced hours of work and better work conditions |
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| Europe controlled by 3 weak crumbling empires, Austro-Hungarian, the Russian and ottoman |
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| Germany Austria-Hungary & Italy |
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| France great Britain Russia |
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| Countries in Europe began rapidly building up there armies, Germany in particular to maintain the balance of power |
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| Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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| government could do anything necessary for the security of Canada, Mail could be censored and they could interevene the econmy, the right to a judge was suspended |
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| Germany plan quickly invade Belgium,then france to capture paris and then turn there attention towards russia |
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| area between both trenches of both sides |
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1915, French Canadian troops were blinded burned and killed by chorine gas
Fought near Flanders Field |
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1916 British French Forces under General Douglas Haig launched attack
85% of Royal Newfoundland Regiment killed in underhalf an hour by machine gun, We won but 24 000 died |
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| Led by General Julian Byng, Won Captured Hill 145, the highest point of the ridge on April 10th. Victory is great source of pride in Canadian hist ory |
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| 1917 Led by General Arthur Currie, Allies won but victory cost 15 000 Canadian lives |
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| Almost 2500 women joined the medical Field ambulance corps, Nurses, worked in factory, munition, food industry |
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| Ace if killed 5 pilots, Life expentency was extremely short, Canada did not have its own air force, Pilots joined the British RFC |
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| U-Boats were lil bitches, Lusitania:1915 a germany sub sank it killing 1200 passengers, mostly Canadian and Americans |
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| the war was good for economy, by 1916 the economy was booming, Many factories turned and started to build ships and airples and shells, workers became frustrated by low wages |
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Victory bonds: Sold to citizens
Income Tax
Borrowing from other countries |
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| All Canadian women have the right to vote in federal elections |
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| Decemember 6 1917 The mont Blanc french vessel carrying more than 2500tons of dynamite was accidentally hit by another ship, killed 2000-3000 people more than 10 000 injured |
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Military Service act: exceptions diabled essential jobs, religion didnt belive in war
Farmers opposed , french canadians felt it wasn't there war to fight |
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| Canada's Most divisive elections |
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Military voters act- allowed people over seas to vote
Wartime Electiosn Act-Allowed women directly related to service men to vote |
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| US declared war on Germany, angered by the sinking of neutral ships such as the Lusitania |
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| After the signing of the armistice, the Allies and Germany met in Paris to discuss a peace agreement |
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| Document that set out the terms of peace agreement in 1917, Germany would accept responsibility of causing war, pay 30 billion dollars worth of reparations, Europe map would be redrawn reducing Germany's territory |
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