Canada's Response The War Notes Flashcards
1
Q
Reasons for volunteering
A
Patriotic reasons, duty
Adventure,travel
Excitement, become hero
Peer pressure
2
Q
War measures act
A
Government unlimited power to control the economy,transportation, manufacturing,trade,agriculture, and do anything for the defence,peace ,safety and order of the country
3
Q
Conscription
A
Volunteer numbers shrank so we used conscription
Ordered 400000 people to fight and (24000 ended up being conscripted)
Families of those already fighting supported it
Others: violent protest, excused, disobeyed, hiding to avoid arrest.
