10 Questions
Who was the leader of Germany during World War I?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
What was the name of the plan developed by the German military to quickly defeat France?
The Schlieffen Plan
Which event led to the United States entering World War I?
The Zimmerman Telegram
What was the term used to describe the economic crisis of the 1930s?
The Great Depression
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
What was the name of the policy of giving in to Germany's demands in the hope of avoiding war?
Appeasement
What was the term used to describe the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II?
Internment Camps
Who was the leader of Canada during World War II?
William Lyon Mackenzie King
What was the term used to describe the policy of not getting involved in international conflicts?
Hands-off Foreign Policy
What was the name of the treaty that established the Dominion of Canada as a self-governing nation?
The Statute of Westminster
Study Notes
World War One
- Key figures: Robert Borden, Billy Bishop, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Czar Nicholas II, Franz Joseph, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrillo Princip, Francis Pegahmagabow, Sam Hughes, Arthur Currie
- Events:
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Austria's Ultimatum
- Invasion of Belgium
- The Schlieffen Plan
- Trench Warfare
- Alliance Systems
- Battles:
- Ypres
- The Somme
- Vimy Ridge
- Passchendaele
- War efforts:
- Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
- The Conscription Debate
- The Halifax Explosion
- Treaty of Versailles:
- War Guilt Clause
- Stalemate
- Autonomy
1920s and 1930s
- Key figures: Rocco Perri, Al Capone, William Lyon Mackenzie King, RB Bennett, Agnes Macphail, Nellie McClung, Adrien Arcand, JS Woodsworth, Maurice Duplessis, William Aberhart (Bible Bill), Tim Buck, Franklin Roosevelt, Mary Pickford
- Terms:
- Prohibition
- Bootlegging
- Rumrunning
- Speakeasy
- Living on the Pogey
- Relief Camp
- Fascism
- Communism
- Socialism
- Social Welfare
- National Socialism
- Economic Depression
- Recession
- Boom/Bust cycle
- Capitalism
- "Buying on credit"
- Dust Bowl
- Temperance
- Evangelicalism
- Events:
- Prohibition in Canada
- The Jazz Age
- Growth of the Automobile industry
- Widespread use of the radio
- Spin-off industries
- Stock Market Crash
- Economic Depression
- Bennett's New Deal
- Relief Camps
- The Persons Case
- Rise of Unions
- On-to-Ottawa Trek
- Rise of new political parties
- Rise of Fascism in Canada
- Rise of Communism in Canada
- The Halibut Treaty
- The Balfour Report
- The Statute of Westminster
- The Chanak Affair
- "Hands-off" Foreign policy
- Canada becoming more "North American"
- Sinking of the "I'm Alone"
World War Two
- Key figures: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, Churchill, Chamberlain, Mackenzie King, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Emperor Hirohito
- Terms:
- League of Nations
- Fascism
- Nazi
- Communist
- Blitzkrieg
- Dictator
- Phoney War
- Appeasement
- Scapegoat
- Maginot Line
- Anti-Semitism
- Conscription
- Holocaust
- Total War
- Internment Camps
- War Measures Act
- "The Homefront"
- Rationing
- A-Bomb
- War of Attrition
- Events:
- Invasion of Poland
- Miracle of Dunkirk
- Battle of Britain
- Nazi-Soviet Pact
- Dieppe Raid
- Italian Campaign
- D-Day (Normandy invasion)
- Pearl Harbor
- Hong Kong
- War in the Pacific (Okinawa/Iwo Jima)
- Operation Barbarossa
- Liberation of Belgium and Holland
- War at Sea and Air- Battle of the Atlantic
- Munich Agreement
- War Measures Act
- Internment of Japanese Canadians
- Dropping the A-Bomb (Hiroshima & Nagasaki)
Cold War Era
- Key figures: Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, John Diefenbaker, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Nikita Khrushchev, Rene Levesque, Igor Gouzenko, Viola Desmond, Joey Smallwood, Dwight Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev
- Terms:
- Baby Boom
- Suburbia
- NATO
- United Nations
- NORAD
- Warsaw Pact
- Counter Culture
- Iron Curtain
- Red Scare
- Quiet Revolution
- FLQ
- Draft Dodger
- DEW
- Glasnost
- Perestroika
- Sovereignty-Association
- Events:
- Newfoundland into Confederation
- Expo '67
- Summit Series
- October Crisis
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Korean War
- Suez Canal Crisis
- Vietnam War
- Avro Arrow
- Yalta/Potsdam Conference
- New Flag debate
- War Measures Act
- Bill 101
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