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Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess, Sophie were assassinated in Bosnia and exactly a month later, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. Each of their allies invade each other and declare war on each other as well. Canada first fought in the battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915, where the first poison gas was used by Germany and the battle caused 6000 Canadian casualties. -2
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Prime Minister, Robert Borden imposes an Act that forces men over the age of 18 to enlist in the war. Supposedly, 100 000 men were going to be drafted to the war, however, only 48 000 were sent over seas. Still, men that worked as farmers, miners, logger, mechanists had to go. Starvation was a problem during war, but since a lot of the farmers were in the war, school boys had to work and collect food for them. -1
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Before they got the right to vote, a group of men and women, especially Nellie McClung, begged the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for the right to vote, as women have hearts to feel, hands to work with, are part of the citizenship, etc. They gave a petition with 40 000 signatures to allow women to vote and ended up to the Lieutenant Government which passed it into the law. After Manitoba got the right to vote, two years later, Alberta and Saskatchewan followed after. +2
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Germany formally surrenders. Throughout the war, over 66 000 Canadian soldiers died and more than 172 000 injured. After 6 months, the Treaty of Versailles was introduced and was signed on June 28 1919 to officially end the war between all countries. Afterwards, Prime Minister Robert Borden, insisted for Canada to be a separate nation when the treaty was being signed to show independence. +2
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The general strike in Winnipeg was the largest strike in Canada, due to inflation, housing was scarce, rent was put too high, and if you did not employment insurance, if you didn't work, you don't get paid. Around 30 000 people left their jobs and it shut down the city; this led to Bloody Saturday on June 21, arrests for strike leaders, injuries, and two deaths. The strike ended on June 25, One Big Union was destroyed, but the strike let their voices be heard for social and economic problems. 0
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Residential schools were basically Indigenous children's house. It was the law under the "Indian Act" for all Indigenous children to go there and was illegal for them to go somewhere else. They were never allowed to speak their own language. Some was physically abused to the point where they were killed. Around 3 200 Indigenous children were recorded as dead due to this "white-washing" idea. Students that came back couldn't communicate to their parents anymore from the new language. -2
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Entertainment started to rise at the 1920s entered. Jazz music by Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, etc, were spreading throughout the country as well as orchestras became popular. Dances was also trending during this time. The Charleston, Lindy Hop, and Black Bottom were dances that became popular and set Chicago and Toronto roots for their popularity. Some of the dances then, people still do now! These new entertainments were the start of the Roaring Twenties and carried on for many years. +2
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After WWI, many inventions were produced. The Big Three, Ford, Chrysler, and GM, created many new cars, including the first care made by Henry Ford, the Model-T. Soon, Canada became the second-largest producer for cars in the world. In 1889, it was found that the pancreas helps prevent diabetes and after 30+ years of trying to find a cure, most scientists gave up. In 1921, Fredrick Banting created insulin and was first given to a 14 year-old. +2
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Emily Murphy and her four friends, known as the Famous Five signed a petition for the Supreme Court to look if the government could have a a female Senator. The Supreme Court said that they were qualified persons. So, they then asked the Privy Council in England with their petition, and they believed that women were people and could be a Senator. However, the "Persons Act" was not changed to include women as people. +1
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The U.S. had a four-day stock mart crash and many countries were affected. One cause was overproduction. Farmers went in debt because of the over-production of crops causing the price to go down in stores. The Great Depression led to consumers not being able to pay for their items that were, buy now, pay later and major companies lost revenues because they relied on the spending of costumers. Due to this, the "Roaring Twenties" was over and The Great Depression went through the 1930s. -2
