Progress and Decline in Canada

By brandonbooth
  • Canada joins the war.

    Canada joins the war.

    Progress and Decline: 0. Canada joining the war both made progress and decline. There was much devastation for equal amounts of progress.
  • Women join the war as nurses.

    Women join the war as nurses.

    Progress and Decline: 0. The women joining the war was both progress and decline, as they helped wounded soldiers but were also killed themselves.
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    Progress and Decline in Canada

  • War Measures Act

    War Measures Act

    Decline: -1. The war measures act was unfair and unjust to "enemy aliens" and denied them of their civil liberties.
  • Francis Pegahmagabow

    Francis Pegahmagabow

    Progress: +1. Francis Pegahmagabow was an excellent sniper and one of the most highly respected Indigenous soldiers. He also earned a very good reputation for Indigenous soldiers.
  • The Battle of Somme

    The Battle of Somme

    Progress: +1. The battle of Somme earned Canada’s army a reputation as the best-attacking allied troops on the western front.
  • The spanish flu

    The spanish flu

    Decline: -2.
    1918-1920 35000 Canadians died.
    50 million deaths worldwide. Many soldiers came back to find family members dead.
  • Winnipeg General Strike

    Winnipeg General Strike

    Decline: -2. Winnipeg General Strike was decline for Canada as the economy came to a halt as 30000 people went on strike.
  • Billy Bishop

    Billy Bishop

    Progress: +1. Billy Bishop was an excellent pilot and had very many victories. He was one of the best and he was one of the couple pilots who could take off and land without crash.
  • Chuck Lee: Chinese Immigration Act

    Chuck Lee: Chinese Immigration Act

    Decline -1. The Chinese were excluded from the country.
  • The Famous Five

    The Famous Five

    Progress: +2. The famous five won women the right for women to vote in senate.