interwar - autonomy

Question 1

1919 Peace conference

Answer 1

british empire grants canada dominion status

Question 2

1919 canada joining league of nations

Answer 2

canada has a seat in the league of nations although its policy of isolation helps limit the effectiveness of collective security

Question 3

1922 chanak crisis

Answer 3

turks and greeks
the british empire is in conflict in the eastern mediterranean and calls for dominion support
conservative leader arthur meighan an imperialist pledges ready aye ready we stand by you when canada is asked for troops
however pm mackenzie king pledges that parliament will decide
king delays calling parliament until crisis passes

Question 4

1923 halibut treaty

Answer 4

canada negotiates its first international treaty with the USA around fishing rights in the pacific northwest
prior to this britain spoke international for canada
*main point is canada now doing its own foreign policy

Question 5

1926 king bing

Answer 5

lord byng refuses to dissolve government when asked by king
this creates debate around the monarchs role in canadian politics
decided gov gen cannot do that anymore
pm has most power

Question 6

1926 balfour reports/imperial conference

Answer 6

british politician arthur balfour at the imperial conferences in london announces that:
canada ireland south africa australia and new zealand are an autonomous communities within the british empire are equal in status in no way subordinate in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs though united by common allegiance to the crown and freely associated as members of the british commonwealth of nations

Question 7

1927 Canada does what?

Answer 7

canada opens first foreign embassy in washington

Question 8

1931 Statute of westminister

Answer 8

pm mackenzie king negotiates control of canadas foerign policy with the british government
we control our foreign affairs

Question 9

By 1922 how had canadian investments change?

Answer 9

american investments in canada exceeded the british

Question 10

in 1927 what did the us state department proclaim

Answer 10

proclaimed that canada-usa relations of vital importance to both nations

we even changed the side of the road we drive on to accommodate the americans

Question 11

1936

in support of canadas isolationist attitude, how did king respond to the spain civil war

Answer 11

chose to not send troops to fight fascism in spain

to avoid internal conflicts the government passes a law forbidding canadians to serve in a foreign army

Question 12

mackenzie papineau battalon

Answer 12

1250 canadians secretly leave canada to fight forming the battalon after william lyon mackenzie and louis joseph papineau 1837 and 1838 rebellions = the mac paps

Question 13

who was dr norman bethune

Answer 13

one of the volunteers looking to fight fascism

bethune later dies helping mao zedong communists revolution in china