Topic 1. Was the internment and treatment of ‘enemy aliens’ in World War One justified? 2. Did the role of Canada in the battles of WWI make Canada stronger? 3. Was Robert Borden correct in his decision to pass conscription? 4. Why was Prime Minister Mackenzie King so successful as a Canadian politician ? 5. Was the Winnipeg General Strike a radical uprising or peaceful resistance? 6. Was R.B. Bennett’s response to the On-to-Ottawa Trek appropriate? 7. Was the sacrifice made by Canadians
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Hitler accomplished to let the Germans to be nationalism‚ militarism and extermination for their country and extended the power all over the world. He set up the plan to get more sources and land for Germany and erupt the war around the area. He let the German economy get off the serious situation. After the WW1‚ Germany was in the desolate situation under the pressure from the surrounding countries. When Hitler got the control of the country‚ he destroy the Treaty of Versailles and construct the
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World War II had the largest armed forces involved and was the “most traumatizing and frightening” (Arthur‚ 103) war of all time. There were about 72 million deaths worldwide during WWII but only 45400 were Canadians (Neary‚ Peter‚ 137). With all the death and violence that occurred during World War II there were a few promising things as well. World War II positively affected the development of Canada because the war created more job opportunities which created more money in the economy‚ Canada
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As Abraham Lincoln once said “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him”‚ Canada’s war effort likewise rippled a similar nationalistic sentiment. Although more than half a million Canadian enlisted and fought. With severe casualties‚ Britain nonetheless pressured Borden to raise more soldiers for the war effort. But not only casualties discouraged men to take part‚ the nationalistic loyalty of French-Canadians was heavily
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Before the fight for independence‚ Ireland had been a part of England for nearly half a millennium. However‚ for more than 400 of those years the Irish were discriminated against for their religion and culture. In fact‚ in the Statutes of Kilkenny‚ English colonists were prohibited from becoming “too Irish.” The Irish were viewed as uncivilized and were forced into serfdom with the arrival of English colonists. Catholics also faced extreme discrimination and lacked the most basic rights. This caused
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Whitlam had already reformed the Labor Party’s policy platform prior to coming to power‚ and as Prime Minister he established new Commonwealth bodies to deal with Aboriginal and Environmental issues‚ introduced free university education‚ and ended conscription. His term in office was cut short in November 1975 when he became the only Prime Minister to be removed from office by the Governor-General. Edward Gough Whitlam (commonly known by his middle name) was born in Melbourne in 1916. He graduated in
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Why was World War I a total war for Britain? Before we can discuss about the topic "Was the First World War a total war ’ for Britain?" First thing we have to define is‚" what is a total war?" According to‚ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_war‚ a total war is " a 20th century term to describe a war in which countries or nations uses all of their resources to destroy another organized country ’s or nation ’s ability to engage in war" The treaty of London in 1839 was the key which led
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willing to fight during World War II‚ but he believed that to do so would be to turn his back on the population of Quebec that he believed had been betrayed by the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Trudeau reflected on his opposition to conscription and his doubts about the war in his Memoirs (1993): "So there was a war? Tough... if you were a French Canadian in Montreal in the early 1940s‚ you did not automatically believe that this was a just war... we tended to think of this war as a settling
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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
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Whitlam had already reformed the Labor Party’s policy platform prior to coming to power‚ and as Prime Minister he established new Commonwealth bodies to deal with Aboriginal and Environmental issues‚ introduced free university education‚ and ended conscription. His term in office was cut short in November 1975 when he became the only Prime Minister to be removed from office by the Governor-General. Gough Whitlam also established another policy being that woman get equal rights like men do. Before
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