The Home Front

Question 1

Describe the impact of WWI on Canada‘s economy:

Answer 1

It boosted economic activity, and reduced unemployment

Question 2

List three ways Canada’s government paid for the war:

Answer 2

1. Buying war bonds
2. Borrowing
3. Increased taxes

Question 3

List three ways Canadian women contributed to the war effort:

Answer 3

1. Nursing
2. Industrial work
3. Volunteering

Question 4

What is propaganda?

Answer 4

The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor, for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person

Question 5

How was propaganda used to portray Germans?

Answer 5

To make Germans look bad so everyone would want Britain to beat them in the war