issues on the home front Flashcards
what were the 8 main issues?
recruitment women munition productions financing the war and propaganda war measures act conscription crisis and registration wartime profiteering halifax explosion
recruitment
what percent of Canadian soldiers were born in the UK?
25%
recruitment
what kind of people signed up for the war?
factory workers, doctors, farmers, lawyers, miners, etc
recruitment
why were so many people originally eager to sign up?
for adventure; thought war would end before Christmas
recruitment
what happened to the Aboriginal, Asian, black, and German population who wished to enlist?
Aboriginals discouraged
blacks and Asians rejected
Germans not to be trusted
recruitment
how did Aboriginals end up getting accepted?
the number of white volunteers dropped
recruitment
what percent of eligible Aboriginal men enlisted and why?
35% / out of loyalty, to escape reserve system which restricted their rights
recruitment
what happened in 1916 regarding black volunteers?
they were recruited in non combat (dig trenches, load ammunition, cut down trees, lay railway tracks)
recruitment
what was the final result of the discrimination of people of colour?
there was a shortage of soldiers
women what occupations (for the war) were women not allowed to have?
soldier, sailor, pilot
women
why was nursing near the front lines dangerous?
hospitals were under fire, disease, infection
women
what did labour unions want to protect, and what happened as a result?
protect jobs for men = no equal pay
women
how many Canadian women became nurses?
3000+
women
how many Canadian women became drivers in the air force?
1000
women
some nurses were ___________
awarded medals
women
what other jobs were women given?
drive ambulances, run clubs and canteens
women
what happened at home when the men enlisted?
women ran farms and businesses rather than teaching or doing domestic work
women
what happened after the war?
many women were no longer satisfied as wives, mothers, domestic workers
munitions productions
at the outbreak of the war, assembling _____ and ______ was difficult
materials / labour
munitions productions
what did production require and what was the issue?
precision tools and highly trained workers which were scarce in 1914
munitions productions
Britain needed munitions and would _______
pay well
munitions productions
how much was the formation of a “shell committee” given?
$170M