Part A: Multiple Choice

Question 0

What is the Military Voters Act? and why was Borden confident that people would vote for his government?

Answer 0

• It gives the right to vote to male and female members of the armed services; this is the first time women have had the chance to vote in a federal election
• Because they introduced conscription

Question 1

What is the Military Service Act? When did it occur and what were some consequences?

Answer 1

A law passed by Parliament in 1917, making it conscription for overseas service mandatory. There were many protests and some riots in Quebec

Question 2

What is the Wartimes Elections Act?

Answer 2

Extended the vote to mothers, daughters, wives, and sisters of men serving in the army

Question 3

Which act helped Borden with the election? Why?

Answer 3

The Wartime Elections Act. Because the people’s relatives were overseas and needed relief

Question 4

What is the War Measures Act?

Answer 4

An emergency act in 1914 that allowed for the registration and internment of anyone who was considered a threat to Canada

Question 5

Who did the War Measures Act affect in World War I and World War II?

Answer 5

WWI - people of German and Slavic descent

WWII - the Japanese in B.C

Question 6

What did the War Measures Act result in?

Answer 6

It resulted in interment camps where people were forced to do hard labour

Question 7

What is the Treaty of Versailles? and when did it occur?

Answer 7

An armistice that ended the war was signed on November 11, 1918

Question 8

What were some terms of the treaty (territories)?

Answer 8

• Germany was forced to accept the independence of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland
• Germany gave up its overseas colonies and lost about 12% of its pre-war territory to neighbouring powers
• France gained control of the Saar coal region for 15 years

Question 9

What were some terms of the treaty (military)?

Answer 9

• Germany’s western border with France was to be demilitarized
• German army was reduced to 100 000 troops without tanks or heavy artillery
• German airforce was disbanded and navy was reduced

Question 10

What were some terms of the treaty (reparations and war guilt)?

Answer 10

• Germany was expected to pay damages of about $32 billion to Great Britain, France, and Belgium for losses during the war
• Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for causing the war

Question 11

What did the WTLC (Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council) want from the Establishment?

Answer 11

• better pay
• better working conditions
• collective bargaining
• 8 hour work shift

Question 12

When did the Winnipeg General Strike begin? And who walked off the job?

Answer 12

May 15, 1919
30,000 workers including postal workers, firefighters, police, telephone operators, waiters, and factory workers walked off the job

Question 13

How long did the Winnipeg General Strike last?

Answer 13

6 weeks

Question 14

What did the Citizens’ Committee of 1000 think of the strike?

Answer 14

They said the strike was the work of communist “enemy aliens”

Question 15

Who did Arthur Meighen support? And what did he advise the government to do?

Answer 15

• The Committee of 1000

- He advised the government to order federal employees back to work or to lose their jobs

Question 16

Why did the government amend the Immigration Act?

Answer 16

So that any immigrant, including British-born, could be deported more easily

Question 17

When did the Winnipeg Strike end?

Answer 17

June 26, 1919

Question 18

Who made up the “Alberta Five”?

Answer 18

Emily Murphy
Nellie McClung
Louise McKinney
Henrietta Muir Edwards
Irene Palbry

Question 19

When were women declared “persons”?

Answer 19

October 18, 1929 after the “Five” took the case to the Privy Court in England

Question 20

What does it mean to “assimilate”?

Answer 20

An attempt to integrate members of a minority group into a larger, dominant culture by erasing or denying the culture and traditions of the minority’s group