Final Exam Flashcards

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Robert Borden

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-WW1 PM
-War leader

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2
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Who was the Red Baron

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-Manfred Von Richthofen
-German fighter jet with the most shoot downs throughout war

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Sgt. Cedric Popkins

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-Australian ground machine gunner
-Real shooter of the Red Baron (Roy Brown is credited however)

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Adolph Hitler

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-Nazi leader (Germany)
-Preached bringing greatness back to Germany & expansion, anti-semitism
-Angered by the Treaty of Versaille

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Woodrow Wilson

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-WW1 US President
-Created the league of nations

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William L Mckenzie King

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-PM of Canada
1921-1926, 1926-1930

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Arthur Currie

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-General in WW1
-Led Canadian troops to victory at Vimy Ridge

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Manfred Von Richtofen

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-Pilot of the Red Baron
-German fighter jet credited with the most shoot downs

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9
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R.B Bennett

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-PM of Canada 1930-1935
-Refused to believe the Great Depression was real
-Public discontent
-Created Gov. relief camps (similar to US “New Deal) in order to put young men to work

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10
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Winston Churchill

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-British PM during WW2
-known for leading Britain to victory

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Franklin Roosevelt

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12
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Vladimir Lenin

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-Leader of the Bolshevik Party
-Established the USSR (Soviet Union)
-Communist Russia
-Party funded by the USA

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Benito Mussolini

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-Facist Italian leader
-Had split support
-Hung by his own people

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Reinhard Heydrich

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-Creator of the final solution of Jewish People (Wannsee Conference)

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Heinrich Himmler

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-Creator of the Final Solution of how to deal with Jewish People (Wannsee Conference)
-Head of SS & minister of interior

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16
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Statute of Westminster

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An act that gave Canada more independence from Britian

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17
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Munich Pact

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-British & French Pm signed an agreement with Germany to give away Czechoslovakia in attempt to advert war

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Treaty of Versaille

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-Post WW1 treaty
-Made Germany take full responsibility for the war (reparation payments, limited military, giving back European territory)
-Signed in France in a traincar

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League of Nations

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-One of Wilson’s 14 points
-World wide gov. organization to maintain world peace by discussing issues

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20
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Axis Power

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-Communist/Facist countries
-Japan, Germany, Italy

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21
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Triple Entente

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-Britain, France, Russia

22
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Triple Alliance

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-Austria Hungary, Germany, Italy, Soviet Union

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Non-Aggression Pact

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Treaty between Nazi Germany & Soviet Union to not attack eachother

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Vimy Ridge

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-France
-April 9-12
-Canadians captured after previous successful attempts by French & British
-Led by general Arthur Currie
-First usage of rolling barrage

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On to Ottawa Trek

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-Men working in Bennett’s relief camps (Poor conditions little pay)
Bennett ordered RCMP
-Trekked to Ottawa, ended in Regina as a result of the Regina riot
-100 striked workers
SImilar to the Freedom Convoy

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Persons Case

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-Women’s Rights movement for women to legally be regarded as persons
-Supreme court –> privy Council
-Changed the BNA

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The Great Depression

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-High unemployment
-National gross spending fell
-Birth of political movement
-Depressing tbh

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Riding the rails

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hopping on the back of trains in offer to relocate to new towns

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Chanty towns “Bennett Burbs”

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“suburbs” of makeshift poor homes for families that couldn’t afford anything else

30
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D-day invasion

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-Canadians covered Juno beach

31
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Studentenland

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First part of Cheklosvakia to be invaded by Germans in WW2

32
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Stock Market Crash

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-high prices
-People took out their money but bought using loans

33
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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Japan, where the atomic bombs were dropped
1st- Hiroshima
2nd-Nagasaki

34
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Pearl Harbour

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-Hawaii, US military base
-Bombed by Japan, immediately bringing the US into WW2

35
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Winnipeg General Strike

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-May 15- June 15 1919
-30 000 workers went on strike
-Wanted higher wages and better working conditions

36
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Kristallnacht

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“Night of Broken Glass”
-started because of a little boy who shot a Nazi soldier after he had killed his family
-looted businesses and homes
-100 jews killed, 30 000 imprisoned

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The Cold War

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*A war of ideologies
*Capitalism vs. Commusim

38
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Wannsee Conference

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“The Final Solution”
-Take jews by train or cattle car to Auschwitz
-Selection Process: Work to death OR instant death (gas showers)
-Reinhard Heydrich & Heinrich Himmler

39
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Rhineland Territory

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-Was supposed to be demilitarized as a result of the Treaty of Versailles
-Hitler later sent Nazi soldiers breaking the treaty

40
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War Measures Act

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-Gave gov. extended rights, taking them away from citizens
-Now called the Emergency Act

41
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War Guilt Clause

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-Part of the Treaty of Versailles
-Made Germany take full accountability for WW1

42
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Lebensraum

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Hitler’s plan for Germany expansion

43
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Enabling Act

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-Act passed by Hitler allowing him to pass any law he wanted without having to consult the German cabinet

44
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Zimmerman Telegram

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-German telegram, intercepted by British intelligence, brought to US
-Germany trying to entice Mexico to enter the war, in return, Germany would recapture New Mexico, Arizona, Texas
-Brought the US into WW1

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Mein Kampf

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-Book written by Hitler while he was imprisoned for speaking out against the gov.
-Book about his life morals and beleifs

46
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Imperialism

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when a country extends its powers into other economic territories

47
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Lend Lease Act

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A system that would allow the US to lend war materials to countries fighting in WW2

48
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Auschwitz

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-The final solution: biggest spot for the murder of Jews
-Approx. 1.1m killed
-Killed in showers, 2000 at a time
-Disguised as a train station

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Nuremberg Laws

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-Laws passed by Hitler to take away the rights of Jewish people

50
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6 Historical thinking concepts

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-Primary Source Evidence
-Historical Significance
-Continuity and Change
-Cause and Consequence
-Historical Perspectives
-Understanding moral and ethical dimensions