canandas response Flashcards
what happened after assassination
all over from page in Canada,
PM Robert Borden and his government support the war
what did PM Robert Borden promise
25,000 troops
trained
equipped
paid by Canadian government
reasons for people signing up for war
patriotic reasons adventure travel duty excitement become a hero peer pressure
who did Canada fight with for most of the war
British forces on the western front in northern france
war measure act:
the government has sublimate power to control anything including
.economy
.manufacturing
.trade
.agriculture
. and anything to do with DEFENCE PEACE SAFETY
CONSCRIPTION:
the men were forced to go to war by the goverment, the government ordered 400,000 people to fight
who supported conscription
family that have sons are husbands fighting n the war already
what did others think about conscription
they thought that it wasn’t fair, so they rebelled and started protests and hid to avoid arrest
