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When Britain declared war on Germany, Canada was an ally to Britain since Canada was a colony under the UK. During the war, Canada lost 61,000 men died and 173,000 men permanently wounded.
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In 1914, The war measures act was passed by the government to take away voting rights from Non-Canadians, The government had the authority to arrest, detain, and deport people without trials. non-Canadians living in Canada were called ''enemy aliens''.
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In 1916, 1,000 French Canadian men went to fight in the battle of Somme, On the first day of the battle only 68 out of 801 died as for Britain 400,000 people died.
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In 1916, in the battle of Ypres 6,500 Canadians were killed. The German army released a cloud of chlorine gas that lead to the killing of 12,00 Canadians. The Germans used Chlorine gas as a weapon.
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In 1917, Canadian soldiers were able to defeat the Germans by approaching the enemy as a whole unit. Many soldiers died but this battle is historically significant to Canadians.
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Women’s Christian temperance union, church, lodges, and farmer
and merchant association wanted prohibition to be put in place
because alcohol was responsible for many problems and all grains should be used to feed the soldiers. When this happened the crime rate dropped and it improved the efficiency
of industrial workers.
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In 1918, The Spanish flu started and ended in 1920. The flu mostly affected the young and healthy. The flu killed around 50,000 Canadians. The origins of this flu are unknown but it started to spread during the war.
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Many immigrants in Winnipeg weren't happy with their working conditions and wages, because of the war the economy needed to recover fast so the people were getting pays low wages. People decided to go on strike and protest within working hours. In the end, the strike did not achieve gains for the workers.
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Residential schools were created to assimilate indigenous children and to convert them to society, around 150,000 children attended and more than 6,000 children died.
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In 1929, it was officially declared that women could vote and would be considered a person.
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