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Liberal party, He rejected a proposal to set up a permanent Imperial Council to regulate tarrifs and within the empire and effect closer military ties. Laurier sought indpendence for Canada. If canda was to support britain it was because she wanted to not because it was being forced to
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created an indepndent canadian navy.
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Conservatives won - Robert Borden
Their win meant that reciprocity was defeated
Reciprocity - free trade in natural products
Election saw alliance between Convservatives and French Canadians.
Wanted a Minority Government - a gov with no single party in control -
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preserved the economic status of families that volunteered to fight. Raised money to cover discrepancies between service pay and peactime wages
Raised $22 million by 1917 -
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Wilson's Decleration of Neutrality promoted his anti-war ideas
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Canada enterned war
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US could carry goods easily to Latin america and this increased trade
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Canada involved
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1500 women marched down 5th avenue against war promoting the widespread anti-war feeling present in the US
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they had the right to sink any ships in British waters even those with neutral flags
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Half of original drafters were killed wounded or captured
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threatened to fire them
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attacked german americans for disloyalty to US
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Germans were blamed
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Wilson won the presidental election by campaigning to keep the US out of war
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fixed wheat prices and took control of marketing
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Gavre 8 hours notice that they were to bomb all ships found in war zone
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Embaressed and insulted Wilson and asked mexico to fight US
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Diplomatic realtions with german remained
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concerned power sharing
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10,600 casualties
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wanted to discuss nation-wide neutrality
US saw this as a snub -
128 americans were killed and wilson fought against unrestricted submarine warfare
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brought city to a hault
Inspired by russian revolution -
imprisonment and fines for those suspected of supporting enemy
used to supress magazines and activists -
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called Irigoyen a pompus ass and said all ships en route to europe should be "sunk without trace"
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Helped gov get re-elected
allowed civil liberties to be suspended during war -
following USW
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Unionist party created - coalition party of conservatives and some liberals
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lasted until 1920s
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listed 8 precise criminal offences as attacks on gov
Used to supress anti-war jouranls and activists -
series of riots and protests that started when 5 police officers were killed during a protest at a British-owned plant.
extremists and everyday workers took part -
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