issues on the home front

Question 1

what were the 8 main issues?

Answer 1

recruitment
women
munition productions
financing the war and propaganda
war measures act
conscription crisis and registration
wartime profiteering
halifax explosion

Question 2

recruitment

what percent of Canadian soldiers were born in the UK?

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

recruitment

what kind of people signed up for the war?

Answer 3

factory workers, doctors, farmers, lawyers, miners, etc

Question 4

recruitment

why were so many people originally eager to sign up?

Answer 4

for adventure; thought war would end before Christmas

Question 5

recruitment

what happened to the Aboriginal, Asian, black, and German population who wished to enlist?

Answer 5

Aboriginals discouraged
blacks and Asians rejected
Germans not to be trusted

Question 6

recruitment

how did Aboriginals end up getting accepted?

Answer 6

the number of white volunteers dropped

Question 7

recruitment

what percent of eligible Aboriginal men enlisted and why?

Answer 7

35% / out of loyalty, to escape reserve system which restricted their rights

Question 8

recruitment

what happened in 1916 regarding black volunteers?

Answer 8

they were recruited in non combat (dig trenches, load ammunition, cut down trees, lay railway tracks)

Question 9

recruitment

what was the final result of the discrimination of people of colour?

Answer 9

there was a shortage of soldiers

Question 10

women
what occupations (for the war) were women not allowed to have?

Answer 10

soldier, sailor, pilot

Question 11

women

why was nursing near the front lines dangerous?

Answer 11

hospitals were under fire, disease, infection

Question 12

women

what did labour unions want to protect, and what happened as a result?

Answer 12

protect jobs for men = no equal pay

Question 13

women

how many Canadian women became nurses?

Answer 13

3000+

Question 14

women

how many Canadian women became drivers in the air force?

Answer 14

1000

Question 15

women

some nurses were ___________

Answer 15

awarded medals

Question 16

women

what other jobs were women given?

Answer 16

drive ambulances, run clubs and canteens

Question 17

women

what happened at home when the men enlisted?

Answer 17

women ran farms and businesses rather than teaching or doing domestic work

Question 18

women

what happened after the war?

Answer 18

many women were no longer satisfied as wives, mothers, domestic workers

Question 19

munitions productions

at the outbreak of the war, assembling _____ and ______ was difficult

Answer 19

materials / labour

Question 20

munitions productions

what did production require and what was the issue?

Answer 20

precision tools and highly trained workers which were scarce in 1914

Question 21

munitions productions

Britain needed munitions and would _______

Answer 21

pay well

Question 22

munitions productions

how much was the formation of a “shell committee” given?

Answer 22

$170M

Question 23

munitions productions

which Canadian workers switched their operations to munitions?

Answer 23

those with experience in metal work (bedsprings, machinery, railways)

Question 24

munitions productions

the shell committee also made weapons for ________ when ________

Answer 24

the US / they joined the war

Question 25

munitions productions | what eventually happened to the shell committee and why?

Answer 25

they disbanded / they were profiting via dishonesty, delivered late, and only delivered $5.5M worth of munitions

Question 26

munitions productions | who was chosen to head the new board and how did they manage it?

Answer 26

Joseph Flavelle / team of experienced workers, forced other contractors to reduce prices, produced high quality munitions

Question 27

munitions productions | by 1918, what were the new munition producers making?

Answer 27

other weapons of war- airplanes, engines, guns, cargo ships

Question 28

munitions productions | how many factories were eventually made and how many were eventually employed by the production company?

Answer 28

15 000 factories / 300 000 employed

Question 29

financing the war and propaganda | what did Canada need money for?

Answer 29

train, transport, feed, equip, and pay soldiers

Question 30

financing the war and propaganda | about how much did the war cost the government per day?

Answer 30

$1M

Question 31

financing the war and propaganda | what did some banned posters promote?

Answer 31

hate of opposing countries, shame Canadians who did not do their share

Question 32

financing the war and propaganda | how much did selling Victory Bonds raise?

Answer 32

$100M

Question 33

financing the war and propaganda | what did posters encourage?

Answer 33

buy war bonds, enlist, work harder, change eating habits to send food overseas

Question 34

financing the war and propaganda | what did the government eventually do to raise money and is still in place today?

Answer 34

1916- introduce business tax 1917- introduce income tax were both supposed to be temporary

Question 35

war measures act | the war measures act allowed the government to pass laws without ___________

Answer 35

Parliamentary approval during the war

Question 36

war measures act | the war measures act allowed the government to overrule __________

Answer 36

provincial law

Question 37

war measures act | the war measures act allowed the government to censor _______

Answer 37

news media

Question 38

war measures act | the war measures act allowed the government to label people as ___________

Answer 38

enemies of Canada

Question 39

war measures act | what was the war measures act based on?

Answer 39

fear that immigrants could become spies

Question 40

war measures act | what happened to "enemy aliens'" rights?

Answer 40

rights were restricted- they were only permitted to read/publish in English and French, could not leave Canada without permission

Question 41

war measures act | what happened to over 8500 "enemy aliens"?

Answer 41

placed in internment camps, forced to build roads and railways, mine, clear land, not given educations, fired from jobs

Question 42

conscription crisis and registration | what eventually happened to eligible men and what was the impact on the military?

Answer 42

they were less willing to enlist- soldiers lost in battle could not be replaced

Question 43

conscription crisis and registration | what was conscription?

Answer 43

forced military service

Question 44

conscription crisis and registration | who was forced to fill a registration form?

Answer 44

all men over 16

Question 45

conscription crisis and registration | Aboriginals were except from ________ but not from __________

Answer 45

conscription / filling out registration forms

Question 46

conscription crisis and registration | what did Aboriginals believe?

Answer 46

their treaties made them allies of Britain, not subjects

Question 47

conscription crisis and registration | what did the conscription lead to between Canadians?

Answer 47

riots and distrust between anglophone and francophone Canadians

Question 48

conscription crisis and registration | by the end of the war, how many soldiers overseas were conscripts?

Answer 48

24 000

Question 49

conscription crisis and registration | many _______ refused to register

Answer 49

Aboriginals

Question 50

wartime profiteering | food and fuel was scarce while millionaire industrialists grew richer from ____________

Answer 50

dishonest dealings in war contracts

Question 51

wartime profiteering | people wanted to conscript _____ and for the government to __________

Answer 51

wealth / take over banks and industries

Question 52

wartime profiteering | what types of "controllers" were appointed?

Answer 52

fuel (imprison coal hoarders) and food (oversee rising food prices)

Question 53

wartime profiteering | what did the food controller ask citizens to do?

Answer 53

to stop eating so much and to change their tastes

Question 54

wartime profiteering | what did the government do to curb the corrupt practices of private enterprises?

Answer 54

no serious attempts were made

Question 55

Halifax explosion | which ships collided?

Answer 55

the Imo and Mont Blanc

Question 56

Halifax explosion | what was the Mont Blanc carrying?

Answer 56

2400 tonnes of explosives

Question 57

Halifax explosion | what was the result of the collision?

Answer 57

the Mont Blanc exploded