1. Returning Home CANADA AFTER THE GREAT WAR

2. What does Canada do for its returning soldiers? https://c2.staticflickr.com/ 4/3003/2421073494_1960c4 a29f.jpg http://postmediacalgaryherald.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/m__na_4019_- tif.jpg

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4. Soldiers Returning Home Conflict! Soldiers vs. Civilians - Factories were laying off workers - Women and immigrants had work - Soldiers returning home needed jobs but many found themselves unemployed

5. Soldiers Returning Home - Soldiers needed money to support themselves and their families - Demanded cash bonuses from the government  denied - Instead, the government offered small pensions, free land in the west, hospitals for the wounded

6. Soldiers Returning Home - Soldiers were ready to die for their country, but their country wouldn’t even give them a job? - Soldiers felt proud of their victory, but unemployment in Canada made them feel humiliated

7. Spanish Flu, 1918-1919 - This deadly virus spread quickly in the trenches - Soldiers returning home carried the virus with them - Crowds and parades helped the virus spread quickly  Pandemic

8. Spanish Flu, 1918-1919 - In Canada, some schools, theatres and churches were closed to stop the spread of the flu - Many died  about 50 000 Canadians http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2009/05/02/ when_half_the_city_took_ill/spanish_fluepidemic.jpeg.size.xxlarge.letterbo x.jpeg