What stresses did industrialization place on Canadian society between 1880 and 1920? How did middle class Canadians respond and why?
-Gender,class,region,ethnicity
Q2
Why was the issue of military recruitment during World War one so divisive in Canadian public life?
-WWI 1914-1918
-Ethnicity, French-Canadian
-Conscription
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/explore/military-history/dispatches/french-canada-and-recruitment-during-the-first-world-war http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008716 Q3
The years following World War I are marked by regional and class conflicts. Why was there such turbulence at this time?
-Post war 1919-1920s not 1930s
-Winnipeg general strike
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z4tgX9fmTBkJ:www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm%3FPgNm%3DTCE%26Params%3DA1ARTA0007523+canada+regional+and+class+conflicts&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xeL574skLmQJ:www.newsocialist.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D97%253Athe-winnipeg-general-strike%26Itemid%3D102+canada+winnipeg+general+strike+regional+and+class+conflicts&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
Q4
Did Canadian governments respond to economic and social stress in an innovative or defensive fashion? Explain the response to the unemployeement problems of the 1930s.
-Depression
-Relief constitutional
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_Canada http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/canadianhistory/depression/depression.html http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0003425 http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/3378.html http://www.suite101.com/content/great-depression-1930-a205538
Q5
“With the statute of Westminster in 1931, Canada left the British Empire only to enter the American a decade later.” What explains the shift in our alliances and do you agree with this statement?