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Canada granted dominion status
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Germany and US conflict over Samoa
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Wilfred Laurier became prime minister
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 -
German and US conflict over Venezuela
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Laurier passed the Naval Service act
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Candaian elections
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 -
US was a major trading nation
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Canadian Patriotic Fund
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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WW1
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Decleration of Neutrality
Wilson's Decleration of Neutrality promoted his anti-war ideas -
Britain declared war on Germany
Canada enterned war -
Panama Canal
US could carry goods easily to Latin america and this increased trade -
Britain agreed to initlal overseas force of 25,000
Canada involved -
Protest of war
1500 women marched down 5th avenue against war promoting the widespread anti-war feeling present in the US -
32,000 Canadians volunteered mostly British Canadians
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Germany decalred British waters a war zone
they had the right to sink any ships in British waters even those with neutral flags -
War Purchasing committe set up
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2nd Battle of Ypres
Half of original drafters were killed wounded or captured -
Wilson discovered his gerneral staff were discussing war plans
threatened to fire them -
France took $10 million loan from US national bank
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Imperial Munitions Board set up
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Wilson's address to congress
attacked german americans for disloyalty to US -
US trade with germany was 1% of what it was in 1914
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Wilson gave a speech outlining factors leading to war and gave post-war peace ideas
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Rio Branco sunk during USW
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Germany signed sussex pledge to stop USW
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Black Tom Munitions plant explosion
Germans were blamed -
Presidential election
Wilson won the presidental election by campaigning to keep the US out of war -
Board of Grain Supervisors
fixed wheat prices and took control of marketing -
New constitution stating foreigners could only buy mexican land if they accepted mexican law and that all subsoil deposits belong to state
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Zimmerman telegram was sent
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"Peace without victory" speech
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Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare
Gavre 8 hours notice that they were to bomb all ships found in war zone -
Zimmerman telgraph sent to state department
Embaressed and insulted Wilson and asked mexico to fight US -
Housatonic was sunk
Diplomatic realtions with german remained -
Lyman M Law sunk
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Laconia was sunk
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Algonquin was sunk without warning
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Imperial War Cabinet set up
concerned power sharing -
Parana sinks
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Anti-German protests promted removal of foreign minister of german origin
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US entered war as an Associated Power
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Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge
10,600 casualties -
irigoyen called for all south american delegates to meet in Argentina
wanted to discuss nation-wide neutrality
US saw this as a snub -
RMS Lusitania was sunk
128 americans were killed and wilson fought against unrestricted submarine warfare -
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Brazil: Sao Paulo Strikes
brought city to a hault
Inspired by russian revolution -
Espionage act
imprisonment and fines for those suspected of supporting enemy
used to supress magazines and activists -
Introduction of Conscription Military Service act
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Count Von Luxburg letter about Irigoyen
called Irigoyen a pompus ass and said all ships en route to europe should be "sunk without trace" -
Wartime Electorial Act
Helped gov get re-elected
allowed civil liberties to be suspended during war -
Brazil declared war on Germany
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Russia withdraws from war
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Canadian Elections
Unionist party created - coalition party of conservatives and some liberals -
Allies borrowed nearly $7 billion
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Prohibition introduced
lasted until 1920s -
sedition act
listed 8 precise criminal offences as attacks on gov
Used to supress anti-war jouranls and activists -
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Argentina: Tragic Week
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 -
Mexican president overthrown Carranza
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Brazil left League of nations
