longish answer Flashcards
(20 cards)
why confederation? (4)
-threat of american takeover
-changing british attitudes
-the new for new trade routes
-need for railways
What happened in Boer war
-Both the dutch and British want diamonds and gold. -English Can side with Britain, french can side with dutch.
- Thought would be easy victory, but Boers know the land.
- English Canadians and Britain end up winning
-first time canadains fought overseas
What is the Acadian expulsion
-britain and france fought over acadia (nova scotia)
-britain take over acadia, kick acadians out
(acadians didn’t take oath to be neutral)
-lots acadians died/ settled other places
why was railway important
- made west important
-increased trade
-affordable transport, travel
-changed where ppl lived
-built national identity
push factors for immigration boom
-political instability
-lack of freedom
-poverty
-unsupportive governments
-overpopulation
pull factors for immigration boom
-promises
-freedom
-free land
-fresh start
reasons for ww1
Militarism- building up military
Alliances- agreements between countries to protect eachother
Nationalism-pride for ones country
imperialism- when country take over another
assassination- austrian archduke fransis ferdinand
schlieffen plan
Hitler assumed…
- russia big, so take long to assemble army
-they can defeat france before focusing on russia
-they could easy go through belgium to avoid troops on french-german border
-britain would not stand by promise to defend belgium
-all assumptions wrong
Ypes
-germans use gas
-pee on hankerchief to breathe
-pushed g back
somme
-tanks first time
-canadains and british under col. Haig
Vimy Ridge
-Canadian General arthur currie
-goal- capture vimy ridge from g
-creeping barrage used
-allies won
passchendaele
-belgium
-mud
-led by haig
the Lusitania
american boat sunk by G torpedo
US mad. G went back on word and brought back unrestricted warfare, brough US into war
war on home front
-financial aid
-rolling bandages
-giving food
enemy alliens
-canadians with same nationality as enemies suspected of beign spies
-sent to internment camps
roles of women in ww1 (4)
-socks
-nurses
-drive ambulances
-work in farms and factories
conscription in ww1
-split between english (ok) and french (no)
-white feathers given as sign of cowardice for not fighting
treaty of versaille
-countries come together to agree to end ww1. (except russia and germany)
-germany looses territory, military power, money, pride
affects of ww1 on canada
-shellshock
-women right to vote
-divide between french and english (conscription)
-canada seperate from britain
last bit of ww1
-western front always stalemate
- germany runs out of men
- treaty of versaille
