World War 1 Test Flashcards
(15 cards)
WW1 The western and eastern fronts
•in the west: Germany attack Belgium and France •in the east: Russia attack Germany and Austria Hungary •in south: Austria- Hungary attacked Serbia
Trench warfare
Soldiers fought from dug ins with machine guns, heavy artillery and chemical weapons
- Gavrio princip
- Archduke franz Ferdinand
•teenage Serbian extremist part of Black Hand killed archduke franz Ferdinand a heir to the Austria sparking world war 1
- Battle of Somme
- Designed…
- Fought where and when
- allies lined up
- bloodbath
- Designed as big push
- July 1 Fought In northern France in Beaumont-hamel
- Allies lined up at twenty miles in front of river Somme resulting in blood bath Bcuz of lots of death
Triple alliance Triple entente
Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy •Italy dropped out as neutral position in war •triple entente Alliance between Russia, France, Britain
- Vimy ridge
- Arthur Currie
- General Arthur currie created tunnels and the creeping barrage where artillery will keep firing when they left the trenches
- This tactic will have Canadians at enemy base before they can get up to attack
- Canadian army captured Vimy ridge
- first Canadian victory
- WW1 Conscription
- Military service act
- Wartime election act
- In 1917 Government Borden (CEF party) in the beginning promised no conscrip but realized low volunteers so forced citizens to enlist In overseas military
- •July 1917, government passed military act making conscription legal
- wartime elections act was attended to women that would support Borden since they have their men overseas
Halifax explosion
- Dec 1917
- Brought war to Canadians on personal level
- Transports from Canada to England
- Mont Blanc a ship carried TNT caught on fire blew up
Billy bishop
Red Baron
- known as Canadian air ace
- won highest military honour the victors cross for independently attacking German air base •
- Red Baron shot more planes than billy
- aurora native Roy brown shot Red Baron
Women contribution
- Women worked in factories
- women were only paid 50% of what men were paid
- 1919 women allowed to vote In Federal elections
CAUSES OF WW1 Materialism Nationalism Economic rivalry Imperialism Alliance system (MANia)
Militarism: country policy to maintain military power to fight •nationalism: country policy to maintain independence •economic: countries competing for materials and market •imperialism: expanding country power •alliance: war with one member means war with whole alliance
Victory bond
saving bonds Canadians bought to help pay for the war
Flappers
•young women dressed more revealing, spark of women change
Ypres
- First use of chlorine gas from Germans to allied troops french and Canadians
- Persons case(B.N.A)
- Canada then to England
- Nellie Mcclung(Famous Five)
- Women were not “persons” stated in the law British North America Act
- Women could be judges but not senators
- 1927 Nellie part of the Alberta five challenged the B.N.A to appoint a female as senator.
- Defeated in Supreme Court of Canada
- Took this case to England Privy Council and won in Oct 1929
- Nellie landed in house of commons until 1935
