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Canada in World War I: Mobilization and Impact on Society

Explore Canada's involvement in WWI through the perspectives of soldiers, women, and civilians. Learn about crucial events like the Halifax Explosion, the Conscription Crisis, and the efforts to fund the war through Victory Bonds and income tax.

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Canada in World War I: Mobilization and Impact on Society

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  1. Front Lines and Canada at Home

  2. Schlieffen Plan

  3. How can Canada pay for the war? • Imperial Munitions Committee • Factories • Victory Bonds • Income Tax

  4. Women at War Bluebirds Canadian Army Medical Corps

  5. Women at Home • Volunteers • Working in factories, farms and fishing boats • Right to vote federally in 1918

  6. Halifax Explosion • December 6, 1917 • Mont Blanc with 2500 tones of dynamite hit the Imo • Largest accidental non-nuclear explosion to date • Re-enactment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3DU95ZLxw8 • Real life account: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8Nn5tHEOw&NR=1

  7. Conscription Crisis • Military Service Act • Quebec • Henri Bourassa • Prairie Farmers • Miners on the Island

  8. Election • Main issue was conscription • Union Government won • Riots in Quebec City • 130 000 were enlisted but only 25 000 conscripted soldiers reached France before the end of the war • Military Voters Act- men and women overseas could vote • Wartime Elections Act- women related to servicemen could vote

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