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| Question | Answer |
| Triple Entente | Uk France Russia |
| Triple Alliance | Germany Austria-Hungary Italy |
| M.A.I.N | Militarism Alliance System Imperialism Nationalism |
| Militarism | a countries building up of military power e.g: by 1905 Europe has instituted conscription |
| Alliance System | By the 1900's Europe has 6 super powers, they then become divided into teams (Triple Alliance, Triple Entente) |
| Imperialism | Building of empires by dividing the world into colonies e.g: Canada being a part in the British Empire |
| Nationalism | Pride in one culture nationally |
| Schliffen Plan | German plan to avoid the war on two fronts -Go through Belgium to get to france |
| Problems of the Schliefen Plan | -Belgium Resists -Russia Mobilizes faster than expected -England Respected a Treaty to protect Belgium (put Canada into the war) |
| How did WW1 Start? | -Murder of Austrian Archduke, France Fernidad by the Serbian Blackhand -Austria asked Germany for support -Austria gives Serbia an Ultimatum -Serbia gets support from Russia -Serbia refuses Ultimatum -Germany attacks France |
| Second Battle of ypres | MAY 1915 -Germany attacked British, french and Canadian lines to divert attention -57,000 canisters of chlorine gas were released |
| Battle of the Somme | JULY 1- NOVEMBER 18, 1916 -Germany vs British/ Canadians -Goal was to drain German forces -Britain used tanks unsuccessfully -blood bath |
| Vimy Ridge | APRIL 9-12 1917 -Canadians vs Germans -Canada's first real victory -Battle to get a ridge -Arthur Currie was the leader who gave all of the soldiers a different map and use different tactics like the creeping barrage |
| Passchendale | JULY 31 -Germans vs Canadians -Battle over 11km of mud -Arthur Currie protested and said it would be a waste of man power -Tanks and bass were used unsuccessfully |
| Battle of the Atlantic | 1914-1918 -U boats (German Submarines) were used to sneak up on ships -Convoys:Bug groups of ships going from Halifax to England -Congregated in the Halifax Harbour -Britain fully gained control over the atlantic in the late 1917 |
| Trench | -Used to hide/ Gain protection from artillery shots |
| Life in the trenches | -Lots of disease -Very Routined; mostly boredom with moments of adrenaline -Played cards and wrote letters in the dugout |
| Trenchfoot | Feet infections from wet trenches |
| Bully Beef | canned beef (soldiers had to eat) |
| Ross Rifle | A gun that wasn't good for bad weather conditions, gun would jam if it got wet -Created by Sam Hughes |
| Sam Hughes | Creator of the Ross Rifle -Minster of militia -Fired for supporting profiteering |
| Profiteering | illegal selling of items for more profit |
| Conscription | System to make people join the armed forces |
| Military Voters Act | gave the right to vote to Canadian soldiers -Vote to see if they wanted conscription |
| Wartime Elections Act | vote granted to all wives, sisters, mothers, and daughters of soldiers asking if they wanted conscription |
| Military Service Act | All males between 18 and 45 are eligible to for military service |
| Halifax Explosion | DECEMBER 6 1917 Mont Blanc and Imo bumped into each other Imo: full of soldiers Mont Blanc had explosives and amo -8ºC and snowing which didn't help the rescue efforts |
| Victory Bonds | people pay the government and are promised to get their money back later with interest |
| War Measures Act | -power to intern citizens -taking a group of citizens and imprisoning them for being a certain religion |
| Valcartier | Training Camp for Canadian soldiers |
| Canada's 100 Days | -Germans remobilize stronger than ever -Americans arrive at their front -Allies gain 130km and win back control of Belgium and France -fighting ends Nov 11 1918 |
| Spanish Flu | -Influenza brought back by soldiers -soldiers were immune to the flu but family members where not -Largest number of deaths was in Russia but they kept quiet about it |
| Winnipeg General Strike | -Every unionized worker went on strike in Winnipeg -there was an increase in pay for some workers but not the others -displayed a bad public image |
| Blue Birds | Canadian Nurses -wore blue jackets ad blue hats |
| League of Nations | 1921 organization of the countries to promote world peace and avoid war |
| The Chanak Affair | small seaport that was supposed to be a neutral zone, turkish government threatened it and Britain asked for support Canada refuses to help them at first but then agrees and takes their time helping Britain |
| Emily Murphy | Leader of famous 5 -First female judge |
| Famous 5 | A group of girls who want a seat in the senate and needed to e declared persons under constitution |
| Flappers | Women who wore short skirts, lots of makeup, smoked, and had sex in casual manner |
| Agnes McPhail | First women to be elected in the house of commons -Delegation to the league of nations -worked on women's and farmers rights |
| Dr Banting | Discovered Insulin |
| Prohibition | movement to ban the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol |
| Arguments for the prohibition | many believed alcohol was the cause for social illness |
| Arguments against the prohibition | freedom of Canadians should be respected and trusted by the government |
| Temperance | calling for total abstinence from alcohol |
| Boot Legging (Rum Runners) | Illegal transportation or sale of alcohol |
| Speak Easy | Illegal Bars at the time of the prohibition |
| Buying on Margins | Paying the margin or borrowing money from a bank or broker |
| The Great Depression | CAUSE problems with the economy departed heavily on export of fish, coal, and wheat -Foreign market raised their tariffs and Canada was choked of from international trade |
| Relief Camps | to divert unemployed men from communism, camps where set up in far away areas -Long hard physical work days |
| Bennet Buggies | Car without an engine, pulled by a horse because no one could afford gas |
| Hobbos | people who lived outside the city in tar paper shacks called BENNETBURGHS |
| Ottawa Treck | BC camps workers go on strike demanding better conditions and wages -Took freight trains to Ottawa to present demands to PM Bennet, he rejects them -Peaceful Protest which turns into a blood bath |
| Draught | 1929 In the parries that lasted 10 years |
| Stock Market Crash | October 29 1929 referred to as black tuesday because the stock market crashed in |
| The Dole | Food vouchers that could be turned in for food -Humiliating -to qualify for the dole you had to publicly declare that you have no money |
| Bread and Soup Line | Lined up for hours to get a small portion of bread or soup |
| Bennett's New Deal | Made a new deal so that he would get re elected |
| 5 Cent Speech | -Said by WLM king -Against giving federal money for unemployment relief to any provinces that had conservative governments |
| Appeasement | -policy aimed to prevent aggressors from starting wars by giving into their demands -Neville Chamberlin Negotiated an Appeasement with Hitler |
| Axis | Germany Italy Japan |
| Allies | UK USSR US Candada |
| Leader of Germany: | Hitler -Fascist/Dictator |
| Leader Of Italy | Mussolini -Fascist |
| Leader of Japan | Hirohito (The Generals) -Fascist |
| Leader Of UK | Churchill -Democratic |
| Leader of US | Rosevelt -Democratic |
| Leader of USSR | Stalin -Communist |
| Leader of Canada | William Lyon Mackenzie King -Democratic |
| Blitzkrieg | Listening war -Hitlers new tactic |
| Battle of the Britain | -first battle to be completely fought in the air -Hitler anted to take over Britain so that he could have full control over Europe "keep calm and carry on" |
| Dieppe | APRIL 19 1942 Canadian led raid -to engage Hitler -Distraction for a pinch raid -Trying to steal the enigma Machine -Unsuccessful |
| Problems during Dieppe | -British ships were intercepted -Lost the cover of Darkness -tanks got stuck on stone beaches -2,000 soldiers became POW |
| Pinch Raid | A distraction to steal someone or something |
| U boats in the St. Lawrence | German submarines attack and torpedo ships in the St. Lawrence |
| Rationing | getting a portion (government limiting the amount of products you get |
| Corvettes | Designed to sink U boats Long, skinny and crowded |
| SS. St. Louis | -Floating concentration camp -Sailed from Hamburg Germany to Cuba -Cuba Refused entry, the US refused entry and so did Canada -Ship was forced to return to Germany but finally were taken in by Belgium, France, and Britain |
| BCATP | British Commonwealth Airforce training program -In Canada to train to fight overseas |
| Propaganda | -rally support for the war effort Techniques: Graphic, big text, powerful imagery |
| D-Day | JUNE 6 1944 Invasion of Normandy Canada takes Juno Beach |
| Battle of Hong Kong | Defending Hong Kong against Japeese attack -6 day bombardment -Canadians were forced to sit in a hot room with no water where they were raped and murdered ended on Christmas |
| Italian Campaign | Allies pushed to remove Italy from the war |
| Battle of Ortona | Mouse hole fighting, buildings were struck by grenades to clear the people out -Germans surrendered due to lac of resources |
| VE DAY (victoring Europe day) | -Surrender of Germany unconditionally to allied forces -May 7 1945 -Hitler shoots himself on april 30 |
| Zombies | men who were conscripted to serve only in Canada |
| Liberation of the Netherlands | Germany occupied the Netherlands -first attempt to free them failed -Allies army drop a parachute to attempt to capture the bridges -Successfully took the bridge |
| V.J Day | AUGUST 15 Japan surrendered to the allies after 6 years of war |
| Korean War | North Korea attacked South Korea -Condemned by the United Nations -Before the truce Canada saw action -Canadians stayed in Korea to maintain the truce |
| NORAD | North American Air Defence system to defend against enemy missiles |
| Dew Lines | Distant Early Warning -defence system installed in Nunavut, Canada -Picked up Enemy missiles approaching from 4800 km away |
| Avro Arrow | Advanced fighter jet made by Canadians that was cancelled Caused unemployment of a lot of Canadians |
| Suez Canal | Canal was controlled by Britain and France in Europe -Egypt took control over Canal -USSR threatened to help them -Lester B Pearson came up with a solution |
| NATO | -defence pact to protect members |
| Warsaw Pact | Defence Treaty (Nato) |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | USSR launched missiles from Cuba to America -Closest the cold war came to a full scale war |
| Iron Curtain | A metaphor for the dividing of Europe between East and West |
| Summit Series | Hockey showdown between USSR and Canada -Canadian victory |
| Canadian Caper | 6 escaped American hostages escaped from Iran with fake identities saying that they were filming a movie -Found refugee with Ken Taylor |
| Montreal Masacre | DECEMBER 6 -University in Montreal -14 women (students) are killed -man goes into a class of 90 ad separates men and women -Kills 14 women he accuses of being feminists -Marc Lapine |
| 9/11 | 2 planes crashed on the twin towers in New York City -September 11, 2001 |
| Long Term Effects of 9/11 | -rights were stripped -freedom of assembly -privacy rights (X-Ray Machine) -detention rights -Can't cross boarder without a passport -increased costs |
| Gander | "Operation Yellow Ribbon" effort between Canada and American aviation officials -500 planes headed to the US grounded at 17 airports in Canada -Canada's public were quick to offer support for thousands stranded |
| Just Society | To make sure that every citizen as the same fundamental rights and two communities of people will live in Harmony |
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