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1917: A Busy Year

1917: A Busy Year. How do conscription, suffrage and prohibition relate to each other?. Conscription: Mandatory Military Service. As casualties outnumbered enlistments it became harder for Canada to meet its commitments to allies PM Borden wanted conscription

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1917: A Busy Year

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  1. 1917: A Busy Year • How do conscription, suffrage and prohibition relate to each other?

  2. Conscription: Mandatory Military Service • As casualties outnumbered enlistments it became harder for Canada to meet its commitments to allies • PM Borden wanted conscription • Laurier thought that conscription was unfair

  3. 1917 Election • The main issue of the 1917 election became conscription • A vote for Borden meant conscription • A vote for Laurier meant no conscription

  4. Suffrage: The right to vote • Borden made the election about more than just conscription • Women had been asking for the right to vote for decades • Women had been expanding their roles in society since so many men were fighting • Borden allowed women with husbands or sons serving, to vote in the election

  5. These are the women who would support conscription as a way to help their loved ones • Borden had ensured support for conscription ... and his victory in the 1917 election

  6. Prohibition: Banning of alcohol • Prohibition was largely a women's issue • Many women felt that that drinking wasted family money, created more crime and threatened the safety of women at home • As a result, many areas of Canada brought in prohibition shortly after women's suffrage

  7. That’s right: They played that card.

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