WWI on the Home Front

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Roles During WWI

The Halifax

Explosion

Grab Bag

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For religious or personal reasons they did not agree with the war

Brought in taxes on profits

Seen as enemies of Canada during WWI, and were living in Canada

Was in favor of conscription

Members of different parties

work together to get a majority vote to

pass a bill

The government regulates that you can only buy a small amount at a time

Making large profits by taking advantage of people’s needs

Allows government to set strict controls on all parts of Canadian lives

A type of truce

When a person is forces to enlist whether or not she or he is willing

They felt they were needed at home with families or industry

Took on the jobs which only men were allowed to do before the war

They raised money for the red cross by cutting and selling wood

Sent to orphanages

Created materials for soldiers on the front lines

The trains transported these two things from Halifax to Europe

A ship was filled with a lot of this supply

The ships caught on fire which led

to an ____________.

This percentage of the homes and businesses were destroyed

There were _______ people killed and _____ people wounded.

Canadians had a lot to learn about making this product. Many factories were set up and early on it was poor quality material made and it was very slow.

They benefitted economically during WWI because all products which were caught, grown or raised could easily be sold.

This was introduced to help Canada’s government

decrease their debt

Not being able to leave their livelihoods, dangerous conditions, great opportunities for jobs at homes, and the growing acceptance at home are all reasons which lead to :

-Huge debt in Canada-Political problems

between English and French

-Respect from other nations

Are all examples of

Conscientious Objectors

Government

Enemy Aliens – German and Ukraine

Prime Minister Borden

Coalition Government

Rationing

Profiteering

War Measures Act

Armistice

Conscription

Young Men

Women

First Nations of Canada

Young People

Women , Children, and Men still on the home front

Supplies and Soldiers

Munitions

Explosion

1/3

2000 people killed

9000 wounded

The Munitions Industry in Canada

Farmers

Income Tax

Fewer men enlisting in war

Long Term Effects of WWI

Final Jeopardy11/11/1918 – 11 am

The Armistice of WWI

Remembrance Day