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Pre To WWI NOTES

Pre To WWI NOTES. Canada begins as this history as a part of Britain, and slowly moves away to become Canadian. You will not be able to watch the movie clips unless you’re at PGSS (it’s a server thing . SOCIAL Laurier’s Canada. “Develop ing ” Nation + Birth rates - Death rates

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Pre To WWI NOTES

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  1. Pre To WWI NOTES Canada begins as this history as a part of Britain, and slowly moves away to become Canadian You will not be able to watch the movie clips unless you’re at PGSS (it’s a server thing

  2. SOCIAL Laurier’s Canada • “Developing” Nation • + Birth rates • - Death rates • Literacy rates starting to increase • + Urban population (urban poor, starvation, squalor living)

  3. SOCIAL Immigration • CND v. Racist • Afraid lose culture, jobs (+ #-- or afraid the higher the number, the more they’ll take over their culture)

  4. SOCIAL Immigration Clifford Sifton—fillin’ up west • 1st “white” Americans • 2nd Europeans • 3rd Eastern Europeans • Last = Asians & Indians Ch, Ja & In= cheaper & expendable labour

  5. SOCIAL Head Tax • Chinese forced to pay to get in ($50-$500) • Chinese Exclusion Act—not allowed to enter CND at all

  6. SOCIAL Vancouver Riot • 30 000 people—Asiatic Exclusion League met in Vancouver • Marched to Chinatown—smashed, stole, broke stores & belongings • Went onto Japanese—aware—held back (warned)

  7. SOCIAL Komagata Maru • 376Sikhs, • continuouspassage, • not allowed off in Vancouver & forced to return to India

  8. SOCIAL Women in Victorian Era • Victorian Era—jobs = seamstresses & domestics • Temperance movement prohibition • Vote (Suffragette) • Vote 1st= Man, Sask, Alta

  9. SOCIAL First Nations • Forced to live on Reserves • Forced to attend Residential Schools—abuse, neglect, malnutrition, • Whole process= assimilation • Clip on restitution & on closing of church

  10. ECONOMIC Global Economy • CND exports—raw materials (primary, not much secondary, little tertiary) • Biggest market = Br & USA • Branch Plants get around Tariffs

  11. World War One

  12. INTERNATIONAL Causes of WWI • Darwinism (survival of fittest) • Nationalism (nation/ language/ traditions superior) • Imperialism (bigger colony… no one could touch BR… sun not set)

  13. INTERNATIONAL Causes of WWI • Militarism (arms race… esp @ sea) • Alliances • Triple Alliance (Ger, It, A-H) • Triple Entente (Br, Fr, Rus)

  14. INTERNATIONAL Schlieffen Plan • Ger- no 2 front war • Gen Schlieffen makes plan • Go though neutral Belguim • Sweep around and take Paris • Everyone knows of plan!

  15. INTERNATIONAL Assassination • Archduke Franz Ferdinandshot by Serbian “Black Hand” • A-H send Serbia ultimatum (agreed to all but A-H send in officials to investigate assassination)

  16. INTERNATIONAL Alliances Click • A-H declares war on Serbia • Serbia is protected by Russia • Russia mobilizes for A-H • Germany declares war on Russia

  17. INTERNATIONAL Alliances Click • France backs up Russia • Germany attacks Belgium (to get to France) • Britain defends Belgium and enters war

  18. CANADA’S EXPERIENCE • What did we learn from WWI? • How did so many die? • Why did we participate? • What changed in Canada because of WWI?

  19. INTERNATIONAL War on Land • New Technology = suicide • war of attrition • Generals don’t understand new techniques needed

  20. INTERNATIONAL Western Front Trench Warfare= • Rats, • water, • trench foot, • little/ no food, • gas, • death, • smell, • No-man’s land, • bombing/ artillery, • shell-shock • Bayonet

  21. CHRISTMAS • 1914 • Christmas at Trenches • 1 day firing ended • Met at No-Man’s Land • Partied/ drank/ cards • Fired on at 12:01AM next day • Ended because ‘hurt morale’

  22. SOCIAL Propaganda • Stories sell idea • Gerkillingbabies • raping women • CNDs cheering in street (parades) to go when war starts: want to get “Huns” & think will be over by Cmas

  23. POLITICAL War Measures Act • Gov’t can do what ever for success of war • Lose freedoms to fight for freedom! • “Enemy Aliens” Interned

  24. ECONOMIC Victory Bonds • Loaning $ to gov’t to be paid back after war over

  25. ECONOMIC Income Tax • “temporary measure” help finance war

  26. ECONOMIC Industrial Production • CND creates military weapons & equipment, like • airplanes, • shells and • ships (300 000 employed in 1918)

  27. INTERNATIONAL CND battle 1 Ypres • Belgium • Chlorine Gas used 1st time • (urine on handkerchiefs help CND) • 5200 dead

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