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1
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Who was in charge of immigration

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Clifford Stifton

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2
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What were the policies of immigration

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• Hard working
• Capable farmers
• Could stand extreme temperatures
• english

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3
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Why were these immigrants welcome

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the climate and farmland.
British people also fit the image of what Canada was supposed to be.

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4
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Who was the president in the 1900s

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Sir Wilfrid Laurier

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5
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Why did the president encourage immigration

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wanted to secure a Canadian presence to avoid any American territorial laims.

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6
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Suffrage definition

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the right to vote in political elections.

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7
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Long term causes of ww1

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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

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8
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Militarism definition

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A state of aggressive military preparedness

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Alliances definition

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A union or association formed for mutual benefit

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Imperialism definition

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The control of several countries by a dominant nation

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Nationalism definition

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An intense loyalty towards one’s country and culture

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12
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Short term cause of ww1

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Assassination of Archduke Fraz-Ferdinand

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13
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Conditions in the trenches

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Filled with water
Rats
Lice
Diseases

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14
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Tactics in the trenches

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Over the top into no man’s land
Shelling
Gas attacks

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15
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Triple alliance

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Germany
Italy
Austria-Hungary

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16
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Triple entente

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Britain
France
Russia

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17
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Women in ww1

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• nurses in the war
• treat and comfort the injured soldiers.
• drive ambulances.
• secretaries.
• factory workers
• translators

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18
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Technologies in ww1

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• Machine guns were used more
• Chemical warfare (gas attacks)
• submarines

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Canadians on the home front in ww1

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  • Women were involved volunteer organizations
  • Women filled in the gaps when men continued to go to war (munitions factories, bankers, financial advisors, train conductors, etc)
  • Women and children took over the farms
  • Women worked for less pay than men
  • Lack of funds for war effort
  • Labour shortages
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20
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Famous 5

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• Fought for womens rights to vote

21
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KKK

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• Primarily anti-black organisation who focused on dissolving the Republican Party

22
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Orange lodge

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Championed one fag (union jack), one religion (protestant), and one language

23
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Temperance groups

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• Wanted prohibition

24
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Activities in the 1920s

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• Going to see movies
• Partying
• Sports
• Radio
• dancing/listening to music

25
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Who were flappers

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• young, single, middle class women • • held steady jobs
• lived on their own.
• They spent money on not only themselves but their social night life as well.
• seen as reckless in their clothing, makeup, and social choices.

26
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Flapper fashion

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• Their skirts were just below the knee
• Their dresses were more boxy and loose to hide their feminine features
• wore a lot of makeup to also hide their features
• cut their hair really short

27
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Long term causes of the GD

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• Reliance on the sale of our natural resources
• Too many goods produced
• High tariffs
• Buying on credit
• Low standard of living

28
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Short term cause of the GD

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Stock market crash (October 29, 1929)

29
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What did the government do in the GD

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• relief camps
• dole
• food vouchers

30
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Who were the political leaders of the GD

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Makenzie king
R.B. Bennet

31
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What did Mackenzie king do in the GD

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  • Reluctant to acknowledge the economic crisis
  • Provided federal funding for provinces struggling
  • Was defeated by R.B Bennet but then got reelecting in 1935
  • Set trades with the US and Britain
32
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What did R.B. Bennet do in the GD

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  • Passed the unemployment relief act which created jobs
  • Passed the unemployment and farm relief act which provided relief for farmers
  • Stabilised wheat sales
  • Started the relief camps
33
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Long term causes of ww2

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• Rise of Facism in Italy
• Japanese Expansion
• Anti-communism
• Appeasement
• Militarism
• Nationalism
• Isolationism
• Treaty of Versailles
• Failure of the league of nations
• Great Depression
• Rise of dictatorship

34
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Short term cause of ww2

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Hitler invaded poland

35
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When did ww2 start

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September 1 1939

36
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What happened to Japanese Canadians

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Sent to internment camps

37
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What conditions did the Japanese Canadians face

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  • schools closed
  • newspapers shut down
  • separated from their families
  • some were sent back to Japan
38
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Technology in ww2

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• They now had better aircrafts
• A radar system

39
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Nuremberg law

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• They were stripped of their german citizenship
• Fired from jobs
• Boycotted
• No education
• No marriages with germans and jews
• They had id cards, passports, and armbands to identify that they were jewish
• Synagogues were destroyed
• Had to pay reparations

40
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Ghettos

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• Crowded
• Filthy
• Lots of disease
• Isolated them from society
• Short supply of food

41
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Concentration camps

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• slave labour
• Starvation
• Prisoners
• Built on railway lines
• Essential to eventual mass murder

42
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Mobile killing unit

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• Aimed at all jewish communites
• Nazi extermination camps (for mass murder)
• Policy to eliminate “life unworthy of life”
° Final solution (complete annihilation of the jews and other groups)

43
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Hitler organizations: S.S.

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• Hitlers elite police and military units
• Carried out enslavement, torture, and killing millions

44
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Hitler organizations: Hitlers youth - boys

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• Deutsches jungvolk (ages 10-14)
• Hitlers youth (ages 14-18)
• Hope to graduate into the S.S.

45
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Hitler organizations: the BMD

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• League of german girls
• Developing girls into women dedicated to Nazism (housewives)
• Mandatory for ages 10-18

46
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Hitler organizations: compliance

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• Mandatory
• They swore an oath personally
• They would be killed or sent to consentration camps if they refused

47
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Women in ww2

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• Stretcher bearers
• Drivers
• Machine operators
• Cooks
• Secretaries
• Flew planes
• doctors
• nurses

48
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Canadians in the home front ww2

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  • The war launched Canada out of the great depression because they needed worker for the war effort.
  • Many new factories were built
  • Women were again recruited for the workforce
  • Daycares opened so that women could work with their children taken care of
  • Labour shortages
  • Lack of funds for the war effort

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