Final Exam Flashcards
What were moments that shaped Canada to be the way it is today
- Alaskan Boundary Dispute
- persons case
- Vimy made soldiers proud to be Canadian
- Great Depression made Canadians frugle
What was the head tax for Chinese immigrants
$50 to encourage them not to immigrate
What was the boer war and implications of Canada
The South African War (1899-1902) or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. In 1899, fighting erupted between Great Britain and two small republics in South Africa. … Pro-Empire Canadians nevertheless urged their government to help
What was the war time elections act of 1917
Wartime Elections Act. The Wartime Elections Act of 1917 gave the vote to female relatives of Canadian soldiers serving overseas in the First World War. … The Act was passed by Prime Minister Robert Borden’s Conservative government in an attempt to gain votes in the 1917 election
What is bootlegging
the illegal manufacture, distribution, or sale of goods, especially alcohol or recordings
What is Roosevelt’s new deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1936. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression.
What was the Joseph Stalin purges
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (Russian: Большой террор) was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union which occurred from 1936 to 1938. … Modern historical studies estimate the total number of deaths due to Stalinist repression in 1937–38 to be between 681,692 and 1,200,000
What is d day
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy
