History Flashcards
1867-1871 —> 1876-1891
He was disliked for wanting to kill the Indian in the child.
Helped create the CPR/bring confederation/helped draft the BNA Act
Sir John A MacDonald
1896–1911
Only let white people migrate to Canada
8th in world for industrial development/protected Canadian goods my making them more expensive than domestic goods/made new railways to increase east-west trades
Sir Wilfred Laurier
1911-1920
Collapse of the voluntary school system
Helped secure independence from Britain
Robert Borden
1930-1935
The Great Depression
R.B Bennet
1919-1948
Longest serving PM
Lead Canada through WW2
Makenzie King
1957-1963
Struggled to determine if Canada should have nuclear weapons
Passed the Bill of Rights
John Diefenbaker
1963-1968
Received Nobel prize for helping Suez crisis/introduced student loans and universal healthcare
Lester B Pearson
1968-1979 —> 1980 - 1984
Legalized the gays, abortion, decreased gun violence and made the charter of rights and freedom
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
1984-1983
Introduced Canada-united states free trade agreement and goods and services tax
Brian Mulroney
1993-1993
Issues of unemployment
First women
Kim Cambell
1993-2003
Refused to go to war In iraq
Jean Chrétien
2006-2015
Forbid muslims from wearing veils that covered their whole face/made Conservative Party
Stephan Harper
Triple alliance ww1
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente ww1
Britain, Russia, France
Main causes of ww1
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand made Austria declare war. Alliance system came into place
What was it like for soldiers at the front ww1
Many pests and rodents, zigzag, no man’s land had duckboards and barbed wire, super muddy
Role of women in ww1
Manufacturing and agriculture on the home front . Or nurse in the war
Conscription crisis ww1
Men didn’t want to enlist after seeing casualty rate. French – Canadian speakers, farmers, unionized workers, non-British immigrants, and other Canadians were against conscription.
War in the air evolving, WWI
Aircraft became larger, which allowed them to carry more explosives and drop them onto a strategic target, like factories, and dockyards
Canada‘s most successful air, Ace, how many kills did he get credited with?
Billy Bishop, 72
The some
Bloodiest battle, wanted the France defenders to have some relief by inflicting heavy German losses
Vimy ridge
Canada gained identity and help develop our nation
Treaty of Versailles
Formally ended WWI
Tanks
Could go through the wires and other defence mechanisms from the enemies on no man’s land, could go through trenches