Question | Answer |
Battle of Ypres | |
Battle of Sommes | (July 1916-November) It was the bloodiest battle. Germans destroyed Canadians with their machine guns, 24,000 casualties. The conditions of the battle ground were atrocious. |
Battle of Vimmy Ridge | April 9,1917 Canadian victory! Under the command of General Julian Byng. Canadians bombarded Germans for a month while army engineers constructed secret tunnels. 3 days Canada had won. 10 500 casualites |
Battle of Passchendaele | 1917 Canadian General Arthur Currie, under General Haig's orders. Some soldiers drowned due to flooded trenches. victory with 15 000 Canadian casualties, almost 1/2 million from both sides. |
Halifax Explosion | December 6, 1917. Mont Blac carrying more thatn 2500 tonnes of dynamite was by another ship in Halifax harbour-destroying the harbour and parts of the city.
2000-3000 dead and 10,000 injured |
Conscription Crisis | PM Robert Borden promised no to consciption, however British PM David Lloyd George convinced he must to. Borden introduced Military Service Act resulting in conscription. This divided Canada. |
Union Government | Government set up by robert Borden (before election). It consisted of those who favoured conscription including some liberals. Won election because it greatly favouvred the war. |
Wartime Elections Act | Piece of Legislation passed by Borden prior to election. Gave women related to servicemen the right to vote, but cancelled the right for immigrants. |
Hundred Days | The final months of war. Canada had many successful offensives under the command of General Currie. |
Armistice | November 11,1918 @ 11:00 pm. Truce agreement signed by all warring parties to stop all hostilities. This was signed in a railway car in France. |
Paris Peace Conference | Called after siging the armistice, attended by the Allies and new leadership of Germany. Countries discussed the terms of a peace agreement. Borden got Canada its own seat. |
Treaty of Versailles | Document which set of the terms of the peace agreement (1919). Countires wanted compensation from Germany, they insisted that Germany take the blame for the war and pay $30 billion in repairs, |
Industrialism | Economic System built on lage industries rather than on agricultures or craftsmanship; built-up and increase of industry and development. |
Valcartier | |