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86 Cards in this Set
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Victoria
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Related to Queen Victoria's reign; someone who shares values of Victorian period
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Prohibition
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Ban of alcohol
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Suffragist
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Someone who supports that women should have voting rights
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Imperialist
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Supporter of imperialism; policy that one nation has possession and control of another
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Canadiens
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French descendants of original New France settlers
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Nationalists
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People having strong pride or attachment to their nation or culture
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Autonomy
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Power to govern oneself and make own decisions
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Homesteaders
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Newcomers who claimed and settled land
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Ethnocentric
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Belief that one's own culture is superior, and other cultures should be judged by its values
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Head Tax
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Fee that Chinese immigrants had to pay after 1885 in order to enter Canada
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Indian Act
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Act regulating lives of Canadian First Nations
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Reserves
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Land set aside by government for First Nations
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Residential Schools
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Government-authorized schools, run by churches where Aboriginal children lived apart from their families and were educated and assimilated into Canadian culture
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Assimilation
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Adoption of customs and language of other cultural group so original culture
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Urbanization
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Process where area changes from rural to urban
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Hydroelectric Power
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Electricity produced from energy of falling water
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Industrialization
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Change in production system to large-scale mechanized factories
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Trade Union
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Group of workers who united to achieve common goals in discussions with owners and management of businesses and industries
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Recession
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Decline in economy, resulting in lower levels of employment and production
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MAIN
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Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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Militarism
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Nation's policy of enlisting, training, equipping, and maintaining armed forces ready for war
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Dreadnought
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Largest and fastest battle-ship in the world
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Pan-Slavism
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Idea of uniting Slavic people of Balkans
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Slavic
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Relating to peoples in Eastern, Southeastern, and central Europe (e.g Serbians)
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Alliance
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Union or agreement among groups working toward common goal
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Triple Alliance
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Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy prior to WWI
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Triple Entente
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Alliance of France, Britain, and Russia prior to WWI
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Black Hand
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Terrorist group of Bosnian determined to free Bosnia from Austria-Hungary
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Sam Hughes
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Minister of Militia (created the Shell Committee)
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Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Army formed by Canadian volunteers
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Profiteering
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Making a profit by raising prices on goods or producing poor quality products; creating profit through unethical means
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War Measures Act
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Act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges
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Habeas Corpus
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Right of a detained person to be brought before a judge or other official who decides whether detention is lawful
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Enemy Alien
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National living in a country that is at water with his/her homeland
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Deport
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Sending a person back to his/her country
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Interment Camps
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Government-run camps where people who are considered threat are detained
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germany's plan to stage two-front war with Russia in the east and France in the west
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No Man's Land
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Area between trenches of two opposing forces
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Western Front
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Area of fighting in Western Europe during WWI
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Trench Foot
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Painful condition causing feet to swell and turn black
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Artillery
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Large guns used to fire shells
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War of Attrition
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Military strategy based on exhausting the enemy's manpower and resources before yours are exhausted
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"Over the top"
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soldiers had to leave the safety of trenches and go to no man's land
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2nd Battle of Ypres
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First use of chlorine gas by the Germans
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Casualties
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Those injured, killed, captured, of missing in action
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Battle of Somme
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British attack the Germans; one of the bloodiest battles in WWI, Royal Newfoundland Regiment loses 700 men. Results in stalemate
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Vimy Ridge
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Canadian victory against the Germans during WWI. Uses new artillery/creeping barrage plan and strategy to break through German trenches; helped strengthen Canadian identity and global recognition
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Lieutenant-General Julian Byng
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Popular British officer, leader of Canadian forces during Vimy Ridge
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Passchendaele
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Canadian victory against Germans, but of real no value and a huge waste of resources
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Biplane
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Airplane with two sets of wings
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Reconnaissance
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Military search or exploration
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Sharpshooter
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Skilled shooter
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Dogfight
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Aircraft fights
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Ace
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Fighter Pilot who has shot down 5 enemy aircrafts
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Red Baron
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German ace
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Billy Bishop
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Canadian ace
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Allegiance
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loyalty or faithfulness
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Merchant Marine
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Civilian ships and sailors transporting resources
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U-Boat
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German weapon, travels underwater without being detected
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Convoy
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Group of ships travelling together protected by armed force
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Lusitania
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British passenger liner sunken by German U-boat
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Imperial munitions Board
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Replaced the Shell Committee; in charge of productions of munitions, ships, airplanes and shells
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Victory Bonds
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Government issued bonds in order to support the war effort
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Honor Rationing
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Civilian effort to consume less and conserve supplies on the home front
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Income Tax
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Ta on personal income
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Corporate Tax
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Tax charged to businesses
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Propaganda
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Information presented in a way to inspire and spread specific beliefs
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Halifax Explosion
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Devastated Halifax's harbour and levelled much of the city
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Conscription
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Forced enlistment in the army
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Military Service Act
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Made conscription compulsory (1917)
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Conscientious Objector
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Person who opposed war for religious or moral reasons
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Labour Movement
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Groups organized to improve conditions for workers
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Khaki Election of 1917
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Liberals Joined PM Borden's Conservative party and formed a coalition government; named the "Khaki Election" because of attempts to win support of people serving the war
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Military Voters Act
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Allowed men and women serving overseas to vote
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Wartime Elections Act
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Gave vote to Canadian women related to servicemen
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Union Government
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Coalition government formed by Conservatives and some Liberals and independents governing Canada from 1917-1920
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Abdicate
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Give up position of authority
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Socialist
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Person who believes that production and distribution in a country should be publicly owned by controlled
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Central Powers
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German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Kingdom of Bulgaria
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsky
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Freed German troops on the Eastern front
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Hundred Days Campaign
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Final Allied offensive against the Central Powers on the Western Front
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Armistice
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Agreement to end hostilities
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Paris Peace Conference
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Meeting in Paris to discuss terms of peace agreement after WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
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One of the treaties that ended in WWI, imposing strict sanctions and punishments on Germany
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War Guilt Clause
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Article in the Treaty of Versailles that made Germany responsible for starting WWI
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League of Nations
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Based on principle of collective security; US refused to join; used economic sanctions, did not have a military force
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