longish answer

Question 1

why confederation? (4)

Answer 1

-threat of american takeover
-changing british attitudes
-the new for new trade routes
-need for railways

Question 2

What happened in Boer war

Answer 2

-Both the dutch and British want diamonds and gold. -English Can side with Britain, french can side with dutch.
- Thought would be easy victory, but Boers know the land.
- English Canadians and Britain end up winning
-first time canadains fought overseas

Question 3

What is the Acadian expulsion

Answer 3

-britain and france fought over acadia (nova scotia)
-britain take over acadia, kick acadians out
(acadians didn’t take oath to be neutral)
-lots acadians died/ settled other places

Question 4

why was railway important

Answer 4

• made west important
  -increased trade
  -affordable transport, travel
  -changed where ppl lived
  -built national identity

Question 5

push factors for immigration boom

Answer 5

-political instability
-lack of freedom
-poverty
-unsupportive governments
-overpopulation

Question 6

pull factors for immigration boom

Answer 6

-promises
-freedom
-free land
-fresh start

Question 7

reasons for ww1

Answer 7

Militarism- building up military
Alliances- agreements between countries to protect eachother
Nationalism-pride for ones country
imperialism- when country take over another
assassination- austrian archduke fransis ferdinand

Question 8

schlieffen plan

Answer 8

Hitler assumed…
- russia big, so take long to assemble army
-they can defeat france before focusing on russia
-they could easy go through belgium to avoid troops on french-german border
-britain would not stand by promise to defend belgium

-all assumptions wrong

Question 9

Ypes

Answer 9

-germans use gas
-pee on hankerchief to breathe
-pushed g back

Question 10

somme

Answer 10

-tanks first time
-canadains and british under col. Haig

Question 11

Vimy Ridge

Answer 11

-Canadian General arthur currie
-goal- capture vimy ridge from g
-creeping barrage used
-allies won

Question 12

passchendaele

Answer 12

-belgium
-mud
-led by haig

Question 13

the Lusitania

Answer 13

american boat sunk by G torpedo
US mad. G went back on word and brought back unrestricted warfare, brough US into war

Question 14

war on home front

Answer 14

-financial aid
-rolling bandages
-giving food

Question 15

enemy alliens

Answer 15

-canadians with same nationality as enemies suspected of beign spies
-sent to internment camps

Question 16

roles of women in ww1 (4)

Answer 16

-socks
-nurses
-drive ambulances
-work in farms and factories

Question 17

conscription in ww1

Answer 17

-split between english (ok) and french (no)
-white feathers given as sign of cowardice for not fighting

Question 18

treaty of versaille

Answer 18

-countries come together to agree to end ww1. (except russia and germany)
-germany looses territory, military power, money, pride

Question 19

affects of ww1 on canada

Answer 19

-shellshock
-women right to vote
-divide between french and english (conscription)
-canada seperate from britain

Question 20

last bit of ww1

Answer 20

-western front always stalemate
- germany runs out of men
- treaty of versaille