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MAIN

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MIlitarism Alliance Imperialism Nationalims

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Militarism

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Policy that a country should maintain strong military and be ready to use it to defend

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Alliances

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Agreements between countries to work together for mutual benefit (ex great britain france russia)

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Who was assasinated in sarajevo

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Franz Ferdinand

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Triple Alliance

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Germany austriahungary italy

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German Emperor from 1888 -1918 was looking for an international incident to distract from domestic social problems

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Kaiser Wilhem II

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Why did canada join war

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Canadas external affairs were still governed by United kingdom

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Hazards of trench life (3)

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Trenchfoot rats explosions gas trench raids ptsd

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Imperialism

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When a country takes control of other lands or territories by force to expand power (British Empire taking over india, africa, and parts of caribbean)

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Nationalism

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Strong pride and loyalty towards ones own country

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Which countries were in Triple alliance

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Germany austria-hungary and italy

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WW1 was fought between which years?

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1914-1918

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This 1917 battle is often regarded as a defining moment for canadian national identity, where canadian troops successfully captured a strategically significant ridge in france

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Vimy ridge

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Term refers to the protective barriers built infront of trenches to shield soldiers from enemy fire made of sandbags wood or dirt

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Parapets

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Conscription

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Compulsory enlistment of individuals into military service, often used during time of war to boost troop numbers

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This german military strategy designed to avoid a two front war involved a rapid invasion of france through brlgium before turning to fight russia. It ultimately failed in 1914

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Schlieffen plan

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Sold by governments during ww1 to raise funds for military operations, and promised of interest returns after the war

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War bonds

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This date october 29 1929 marks the collapse of the us stock market leading to the great depression

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Black tuesday

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Appeasement

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Conceding to the aggressive demands of an enemy to maintain peace, notably practiced by european powers towards nazi germany 1930s

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More money printed butclow value

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What year did women in bc gain the right to vote

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Policy that restricted immigration and required individuals to register with the government and carry certificates

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Chinese exclusion act

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Change to the indian act in 1927

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Prohibits indigenous people from hiring lawyers to pursue land claims

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Right wing socially conservative party of canada during 1930s was called

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Social Credit party

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Prime minister of canada during great depression
Richard Bennett
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Provide work to homeless and unemployed men. Men entered voluntarily and free to leave any time
Work camps
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Prarie dry belt intended as a ranching reserve but was opened for homesteading after advice from “experts”
Dust bowl
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Closure of the work camps unemployed men moved towards bc for mild climate relief programs, they held what
Vancouver riot 1938
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Socialist party of canada during 1920s was called
CCF COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION
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Signed in 1919 officially ended world war 1 and imposed heavy reparations and territorial losses on germany, contributing to economic hardship and political instability in the years followed
Treaty of versailles
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Who were in the interment camps
Austria Hungary Germany Turkey
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Gave the government special powers during war time, allowed the government to arrest, search properties, censor mail
War measures act
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Prime minister of Canada during WW1
Robert borden
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Technologies used in ww1
Tanks Machine Guns flame thrower aircraft poison gas
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Role of women
Went to work in factories and farms, field hospitals during war
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Was designed to stop information like troop movements from falling into enemy hands (Mail, telegrams, pamphlets and books, news and newspapers)
Censorships
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Propaganda
people's thinking aligned with government interests concerning the war To help their point of view or cause Unify country Spread important message
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Illegal sale of alcohol
Bootlegging
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state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions
Deadlock
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Why US join ww1
-German submarine attacks on passenger ships (primary motivation behind wilson decision to lead US to ww1) - British intelligence intercepted a telegram from a German Foreign Minister to the German ambassador in Mexico promising territory in exchange for their support against the US
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Life like minorities furing 1920s and 30s
Unemployment made Canadians more intolerant of immigrants - Increased discrimination - Chinese Exclusion Act, increased anti-semitism (Canada only accepted 4,000 Jewish refugees)
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What did the ccf want
Public ownership of key industries
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How did pm bennett try to solve depression
created labour camps for unemployed single men; at the camps, they lived in bunkhouses and were paid 20 cents a day
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First modern genocide deliberate and systematic
Armenian genocide
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is a production process that breaks the manufacture of a good into steps that are completed in a pre-defined sequence
Assembly line