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wilfred laurier
where:cnada
signifigance:prime minister , great compromiser,liberal -
immagration at the turn in the century
the imagration at the turn of the century was people moving twards the west to build farms and settle ,the gold rush and the rail road were huge in the populatioin of the west -
naval crisis
where:canada
the naval crises happend because of brittan asking canada to give them money to build a bigger navy, the english canadiens wanted to give as much money as possible wear the french canadiens thought that giveing the money to britain was a waste. this is when prime minister laurier had to make a big dicision ,laurier ended up dicideing to spend the money to make canada there first navy. -
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sir robert borden
where:candada
prime minister borden was the leader durring ww1 -
womens right to vote
where:all across canada
women in canada were not aloud to vote until 1917 and this was a huge thing for women wanting a voice in politics ,this changed the nation very much . -
vimy ridge
where:vimy ridge france
the battle of vimy ridge was a huge win for the allies the brittish had been trying to take the ridge for months ,on easter sunday in 1917 the canadiens took the hill befor noon starting at 5 am this battle took very much planning the only way the canadiens were able to take the hill was by a rolling barage of air fire every 100 meters up the hill above them -
halifax explotion
where;halifax harbour
the halifax explotion was a terriable acedent ,there was as hgip locke dout of port for the night in the morning the ship was coming in at a high rate of speed as a suplie ship was heading out of port caring explosives as the two colided a fire broke out and the ships exploded destroying all of halifax -
winnipeg general strike
where:winnepeg city
all the men were coming home from war and looking for jobs ,the factories closing because not needing to support the war ,there was no jobs so the men whent on strike looking for good jobs with decent pay -
treaty of versailles
where:germany
the allies winning the war made them in power of germany to a point , the big three made up the treaty of verailes to keep germany from making another war they made a limity on the army size ,took teritory ,colonies,fined them for money spent on the war also the war guilt clause makeing germany say the war was all there fault -
proabition
proabition was in cannada through out the 1920 women felt alcahol was a proplem, churches and other groups but proabition was hard to law and was canceld proabition meant alcahol was ileagle -
group of seven
where:georgain bay area/northen ontario
the group of seven was a group of canadien painters who influenced canadien painters for years -
alberta five
where:all over canada
the alberta five was a group of people for womens rights -
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dust bowl
where:troughout the praries
the dust bowl was a un beliveably bad drout , famly farms that were in famlies for generations lost because there was no way of liveing on the farms ,there were no way to grow crops at all -
rideing the rails
where:all over canada
rideing the rails was a way of cost free travel across the country for men inserch for work they would climb ontop of the train and in empty box cars -
new parties
where:canadian parlement
the creation of new political parties gave the people more options to vote for and the new parties gave options to help the economie -
on to ottawa treck
where;BC vancover
the men in the relife camps in british columbia were looking for help from the prime minister so a groop of men got on the train and started rideing the rails getting suport and more members along the way. the rcmp stoped them in regina ,only few leader spoke to the prime minister -
J.bombadire
where:quebec
J bombadier created the 1st snow mobile by him self to improve winter travel. to this day it has changed the travel in winter -
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battle of the atlantic
where:atlantic ocean
the battle of the atlantic was a group of people trying to promote womens right -
battle of britain
the battle of brittain was a air only battle RAF did very well in this battle and it stoped the germans from invadeing brittain -
camp X
where ;the shores of lake ontario
camp X was a specail spy camp wear most canadian spies were trained