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18 Cards in this Set
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Alliances |
- Triple Alliance(Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary) - Triple Entent (France, Britain, Russia |
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War Times Elections Act |
A bill passed, so Liberals would join conservative for the Canadian Government and it would allow all mom's and sisters to vote in the federal election |
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Alfred Von Schlieffen and his plan |
Named after General Alfred Vin Schlieffen. Plan relies on rapid movement, swift movement from Belgium, swift takeover on France, assumption? 6 weeks total. |
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Conscription Crisis |
The crisis was a political and military crisis during WW1. It was mainly caused on disagreement on wet her men should be conscripted to fight in war. |
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Woman at war |
Took over all of the men's jobs while the men were at war, they had to work at factories to make army supplies and they also were farmers to make food. |
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Assassination |
Serbian "Blackhand" assassinates Archduke of Austria-Hungary, this would be a main cause of WW1 |
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Attitudes of WW1 |
Men were happy when they first signed up because they thought it would be like a vacation, but once it started they were miserable and got signs of shell shock and trench foot. Women didn't like that the men were gone years at a time and that there was a good chance they woudnt be coming home. |
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Propoganda |
Used for war purposes, in WW1 was used to collect victory bonds from the country's citizens. |
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Battle of Paaschendaele |
A major battle in WW1, fought by the allies against the German Empire. Canada would be able to seize all of the Germans soldiers and sucees in an unthinkable challenge |
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Vimy Ridge |
15000 Candians rose from the trenches and the triple alliance beat the triple Entent and won the war and it was mainly because of Canada's contributions. |
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The Second battle of Ypres |
Fought for the town of Ypres between Germany and Belgium resulting in Germany winning and taking over the town. |
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The battle of the Somme |
Fought by Britain, Canada and France against Germany, it was a good learning experience for Canada as they had outdated battle tatics that the Germans could easily fend off and it would result in lots of blood and death. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
The treaty that officially ended WW1, it had 4 terms for Germany, Germany would have to give France Alsace-Lorraine back. Had to reduce the size of there army, had to play a huge amount of money taht would pit the country in depth and would have to accept full blame for the war. |
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Creeping Barrage |
A WW1 attack strategy, it was common to bombard the enemy defense using heavy artillery. |
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League of Nations |
Created as a result of the Paris Peace Conference, that helped negotiate between country's and helped end WW1. |
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Technology(Types of Warfare) |
- Ross Rifle - Heavy Artillery (bombs) - Calvary - Chemical weapons - Flame throwers - Deadnoughts - Machine guns |
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Treatment of minorities |
French Candians: Made them isolated from Canada, since they woudnt fight for Canada in war. Aboriginal Canadians: Thought they were savages and we're mistreated. Black Canadians: We're aloud to go to war, but only for construction purposes instead of combat. As war went on and more deaths came, more black people were recruited to fight. German and Ukrainen Candians: Awful, put into internment camps for the duration of war. Asian Candians: Not great, wernt allowed to vote or go to war. |
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W.L.M King |
Prime minister of Canada after WW1, blamed for what would happen next in Canada. |
