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WW1 Flashcards

1
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Nationalism

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A patriotic feeling, efforts or principles

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Triple Alliance

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A secret agreement between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy

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Triple Entente

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the understanding linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente

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Militarism

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A desire/belief of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

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What is propaganda?

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A way of getting people to do something they might not usually do such as join the war

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6
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What was Canada’s support for the war?

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Canada raised money for the soldiers fighting

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7
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Why did volunteers join?

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To fight/ support their country and pride

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8
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Were all Canadians welcomed to participate?

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No, only white people were wanted, if you were not white then there was a long process

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How many people initially volunteered for the CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force)?

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They asked for 25,000 and got 32,000

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10
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What did the War Measures Act enable the Canadian government to do?

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  • Drafted the War Measures Act

- Allows anything that’s needed for defence, warfare, peace and order

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11
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Describe trench warfare

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A type of combat where opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other

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12
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Describe the conditions the soldiers endured living in the trenches

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Loss, diseases, rats, rotting bodies

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13
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What new weapons were used in WW1?

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Rifles, machine guns, barbed wire, tanks, airships, aircrafts, poison gas, artillery, U-boats and Q-ships

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14
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How many women served?

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Hundreds of women served as nurses/ ambulance drivers

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How did the Canadian government pay for the war effort?

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Victory bonds, taxes and borrowing

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16
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What was the Halifax explosion?

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  • The largest man-made explosion, killed 20,000 civilians, 9000 wounded
  • two ships carrying explosives exploded when they hit each other
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What were enemy Aliens and how are they treated?

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War broke out in Europe, Canada had German, Austrian, Hungarian people who were residents/citizens of Canada.
They were treated unfairly, locked up and fired from jobs

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Conscription crisis and our country

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Volunteers – not keeping up with the number of men killed or wounded so conscription was proposed

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19
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What is conscription?

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Compulsory military service – forcing men to join the war even though Canada is a democracy

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20
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How did Prime Minister Borden introduce conscription?

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Military service bill in 1917 - made conscription compulsory for males 20 to 35

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21
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Who was exempted from conscription?

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Men in wartime production jobs, sick, pacifists – not forced to join

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22
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How did it divide country?

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English Canadians thought quebec was not supporting the war but quebec did not have same ties as the English did towards Britain.
French culture broken from France and language was taken away from schools

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Who opposed conscription?

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Pacifists, French-Canadians, Liberal party, Laurier

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24
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What did Borden do to ensure his reelection?

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Asked Laurier and liberal party to join conservatives, form a group/government to show Canada’s commitment to win war

25
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What kind of jobs did women have during the first war?

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Helped recruit men, making weapons, farm working, nursing, writing papers

26
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What happened to working women after the war?

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They were told to go home, and they were fired

27
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Five points that showed that the first world war helped to liberate women

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First time women got to work, treated with more respect/rights, earned money, had opportunities, got to work

28
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Five points that show that the first world war did not help to liberate women

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Some women hated their jobs, did not get married, worked in a pact smoky factory doing dangerous jobs, the men were off at war so the woman had to fill in their jobs, lost their jobs when men came back

29
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Arms race

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a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

30
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Sam Hughes

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Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I

31
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Canadian Expeditionary Force

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The designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the war

32
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Lt. General Arthur Currie

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The first Canadian Commander

33
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Stalemate

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a position where no action can be taken

34
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No Mans Land

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The land in between to allies trenches that doesn’t belong to anyone

35
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Total War

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An unrestricted war

36
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Billy Bishop

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He was the top Canadian flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War

37
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Victoria Cross

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a decoration that was awarded for conspicuous bravery in the British Commonwealth armed services that was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856

38
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The Hundred Days

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a session of Congress from March 9, 1933 to June 16, 1933, called by President Franklin Roosevelt, in which important social legislation was started

39
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Halifax Explosion

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The biggest man made explosion in history - the collision of to ships carrying explosives

40
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Enemy Aliens

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A native person not from that country

41
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War Measures Act

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A federal statute adopted by Parliament in 1914

42
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Censorship

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the suppression or prohibition of any part of books, films, news, etc

43
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Victory Bonds

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a bond issued by the government during or after a major war

44
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Income Tax

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An annual tax given by the government

45
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Military Service Act

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An act of 1917 was a controversial law that allows the conscription of Canadian men for service in the final years of the First World War

46
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Conscientious objectors

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A person who objects to fighting in the war

47
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Union government

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an organization of workers formed to protect the rights and interests of its members

48
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Suffragettes

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Women fighting for the right to vote by protesting

49
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Wartime Elections Act

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A bill that Robert Borden passed at the time of the conscription crisis

50
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The Armistice

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An agreement made by both sides in a war to stop fighting

51
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Treaty of Versailles

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a document signed by Germany and the allied powers that ended the war

52
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Paris Peace Conference

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A meeting of the allied victors to set peace terms

53
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Fourteen points

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14 goals of the united states

54
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Reparations

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Making amends for people who have done wrong

55
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War Guilt Clause

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Another name for the Treaty of Versailles

56
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Shell shock

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A psychological disturbance from long exposure to the war

57
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Robert Borden

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a Canadian lawyer and politician

58
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Main Cause of the War

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MAIN

  • militarism
  • alliance
  • imperialism
  • nationalism
59
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Main Cause of the War

A

MAIN

  • militarism
  • alliance
  • imperialism
  • nationalism

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