HISTORY EXAM REVIEW Flashcards

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What was the treaty that ended the war?

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Treaty of Versailles

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Who was the Canadian air ace?

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Billy Bishop

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Who was helping the war back in Canada?

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The home front

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What was the ocean liner disaster in 1912?

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The titanic

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What was the alliance that Britain was in?

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The triple entente

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Who was the wartime prime minister ?

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Robert Borden

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What killed millions offer the war?

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The flu

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A terrible new weapon was.?

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Poisonous gas

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What upset French Canadians?

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Conscription

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What were women given in 1917?

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The right to vote

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What was the area called between opposing trenches?

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No mans land

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What was a famous Canadian victory?

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The battle of Vimmy ridge

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1919 general strike was?

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Winnipeg

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What explosion killed 1600?

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Halifax

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What did Laurier lose the election to?

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Tariffs

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What was the British family of nations?

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Empire

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Who was permitted to work in factories?

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Children

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Britain wanted money for this?

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Navy

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What did the upper class might have had?

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Servants

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Who was brantford champion runner?

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Tom longboat

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What restricted Jon white immigrants?

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Head tax

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What was the boundary dispute between the us?

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Alaska

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What had difficulty protecting workers?

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Unions

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What was a new form of communication?

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Wireless

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What was offered to immigrants?
Free land
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Who was allowed to fight in South Africa?
Volunteers
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Who was the turn of the century prime minister?
Laurier
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What were prairie homes made from?
Sod
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Where did urban poor live?
Slums
29
What crashes in 1929?
Stock markets
30
What did Canada's economy thrive on?
Resources
31
What was a popular radio program of the 1920s?
Hornet
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What were the 1928 Canadian athletic victories?
The Olympics
33
Who were rebellious young women?
Flappers
34
Where did Canada earn a place in?
League of Nations
35
What were movies with sound called?
Talkies
36
Who were the influential landscape artists?
The groups of seven
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By 1930 3 out of 4 homes had a ?
Telephone
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Who caught for women's rights?
Nellie mcclung
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What was a popular ford car called?
Model T
40
Prohibition banned what?
Alcohol
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Who was a 1920 s prime minister?
King
42
What were new appliances powered by?
Electricity
43
What could be purchased to help war?
Victory bonds
44
Alliance against USSR?
NATO
45
Who were the victims of the nazi persecution?
Jews
46
What was dropped in Hiroshima?
Atomic bomb
47
There were government restrictions on items were called what?
Rationing
48
What was the assault at beach Normandy?
Dieppe
49
Who were interned as enemy aliens?
Japanese Canadians
50
What was mr roses classroom experiment?
The wave
51
What upset French Canadians
Conscription
52
What province joined Canada in 1949?
Newfoundland
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What revealed the spy ring in Canada?
Gouzenko
54
What was the Canadian military disaster?
Dday
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Where did woman work during this war?
Factories
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Who was the wartime prime minister?
King
57
Who was Clifford sifton?
Was the man Laurier put in charge of populating the vast pararies
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Where did government agents first saught immigrants from?
Europe
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Name 2 pieces of clothing women wore at the turn of the century?
Coursers and bonnets