Extra Stuff Flashcards
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How did Robert Borden endure the 1917 election
Introduced
War time election act which allowed women of soldiers to vote
Military voters act which allowed for female nurses and such to vote
Was Canada a country that celebrated diversity during this roaring 20’s
No they were very strict on immigrants such as when the government introduced the chinese immigration act in which only a limited amount of chinese people could enter canada, also with the St louis jews were not accepted even when they were trying to escape nazis.
List THREE causes of the Great Depression.
Bank failures, everyone sold their stocks on the same day, people bought with money they didn’t have
What initiatives did R.B. Bennett introduce? What is the Pogey System?
Relief Camps, The Dole, the pogey system was relief payments but the ppl who needed were usually humiliated in front of others and they had to wait hours on hours
Why did the On-to-Ottawa trek and Regina Riot occur?
People were not satisfied with the working conditions in relief camps
What were Canada’s contributions to WWII?
The Dieppe Raid
Juno Beach invasion
Camp X
Operation overlord
What were the background causes of WWII (FART)
Fascism
Alliances
Rise of dictators
Treaty of Versailles
How did WW2 finally end?
Germany-Hitler committed sucicde in a bunker
Japan-Surrenders of 2 atomic bombs dropped on them
Who is Viola Desmond? How might she be considered a changemaker?
Nova Scotia Civil rights movement started due to her case at the roseland theater when she was not sold the downstairs movie ticket
Explain the October Crisis. Why is this event significant to our history?
The October crisis was when the FLQ gang kidnapped Cross and is significant since it is why quebec is not its own place and it lead to a positive development of the war measures act
Identify Pierre Trudeau’s beliefs and accomplishments.
Introduced the charter of rights of freedoms,
Official bilingualism
What was United Nations.
To keep the peace, it prevented world war 3 but not battles
what was Warsaw Pact,
A group of nations who feared a nato attack
What was NATO,
Help stop the spread of communism
What was NORAD
Help secure aerial defence such as detecting/stopping missiles from incoming
What was the Iron Curtain,
Cold War split line between Democracy and communism
What social changes were occurring in the 1950’s in Canada?
More rights for minority
Sexual revolution
What is the “Quiet Revolution”? Who is Jean Lesage? How did it transform Quebec? How might it led to the Quebec referendums?
Replaced English buinsess owners with French business owners
Leader of Quebec
What is the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
To help repair the damages after residential schools, let them share they struggles
What was Operation Barbarossa,
Germany invaded Soviet Union but fails
Who and what helped end the stalemate on the Western Front?
Tanks, gas , planes
Stuck in frehcnes
Explain how human rights were violated in Canada with regard to the Japanese and in Europe with regard to the Jews.
Removed from their homes
Don’t use their areas
Frayed as a lower class
Who was lester b pearson
He came clutch in Suez Canal crysis
What was the Cuban missle crysis
USA spy sees Russia was building missles in Cuba
It was the closest time we got to nuclear
War
Canada Influenced USA to chill and not nuke them
