World War One Flashcards
(21 cards)
What are the indirect and direct causes of WWII?
Nationalism- extreme loyalty to your country
Milatarism- belief in power of strong armies to deal with conflicts. leads to arms races
imperialism- establishing colonies to create an empire
Alliance sytem- countries banding together. this creates fear and suspision
The Assination of Francis Ferdinand- Don by Gavrillo Princip on June 28 1914
What is the Triple Entente
The alliance between Britain, France, and Russia in 1914. Also known as the Allies.
What is propaganda?
Biased information used to promote a certain point of view
Describe the battle of Ypres
A battle in Belgium 1915. First Canadian experience with trench warfare. First use of chemical warfare, British and French fled while Canada held the line by rapping urine covered rags around their faces.
Describe the battle of Somme
France 1916. First time tanks were used (they failed), disaster battle, many Canadians lost. Allies lied to the public about this battle. Began the Idea of tank warfare.
Describe the battle of Vimy Ridge
1917, France. Only win for the Allies in that year, full Canadian battalion, led by Sir Arthur Currie, Allies hit the German rail and road network. Source of national pride as it was a clear cut victory.
Describe the battle of Passchendale
Belgium 1917, muddy mess. Sir Arthur Currie did not want to take it. They took the city for a week before it changed hands again. Pointless victory. Last time they used this style of battle (British) French armies on the verge of collapsing.
Why were Canadian so willing to fight in WWII
- Wanted to be recognized as a hero
-Unemployment
-They wanted to be recognized as a strong ally to Britain
-Eager teens thought of the war as an adventure
-People thought they had “Gods shield” around them
What was the 1917 Hallifax explosion?
2 ships collided in the Halifaz harbour all buildings with in 5km were destroyed.
What was the War measures act?
A law that put Canada into a state of emergency and let the government have power over all aspects of life
What was the Balfour Report?
A report stating that all dominions of Britain were completely independent and self governing in foreign affairs.
What was the Statute of Westminister
The law that legally turned Canada into a fully independent country. This means the supreme court was now in Canada and Britain could not make laws for the country.
What are the causes of the Great Depression?
Over production/expansion - stockpiling products in warehouses and building more and more factories.
Canada’s dependence on a few primary products- such as wheat, fish, and minerals, when the demand dropped it crippled the industries.
Canada’s dependence on the U.S.A - most important trading partner -> when the stock market crashed and the depression hit the U.S it was inevitable here
High tariffs- choked out trade that hurt countries like Canada that relied on exports.
Too much credit buying- people weren’t able to pay the money back and lost the items they had bought with it.
What is the Potsdam conference?
A conference attended by Russia, Britain in America, represented by Stalin, Churchill and Truman after the war to discuss what to do with the Nazis and the aftermath
What is the United Nations?
An organization formed in 1945 in order to help keep world, peace, and replace the older league of nations
What is a refugee?
A person who has flooded their own country because they’re at risk of serious human rights violations in persecutions
Immigration in the 1950s
Canada saw immigration as a tool for economic growth, and the Chinese immigrant band was removed. A new immigration act wants people from different ethnicities, and the new act was very discriminatory.
Immigration in the 1970s
The 1975 green paper it welcomed diversity and immigrants were willing to settle more remote. New immigrant categories were made independent humanitarian family assisted relative and in 1978 they officially recognized refugees.
Immigration in the 1980s
New immigration class added, which was business class and that was people willing to bring money into Canada and start businesses. There is resulted in a huge influx of immigrants from Hong Kong and Asia now represented the largest region of origin for new Canadians.
What was the red scare?
Fear and paranoia about communism spreading in North America
Immigration in the 1960s
Canada release the white paper and signed the United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees as well as creating a point system, so there was no limit to the amount of people that could come into the country
