1. Causes and Consequences of the Great War
How did Canadians at home respond to the War?

2. Financing the War Effort
$$$$$$$- training, transporting, feeding, equipping and paying soldiers
$$$$$$$- build ships, armored vehicles, airplanes and weapons
By $1 million a day
Victory Bonds- expected to raise $50 million- actually raised $100 million
Income Tax introduced in 1917 (only a temporary tax)

5. Propaganda
Systematic effort to shape people’s beliefs to achieve specific goals
Government supported and created
Focus was on duty to the country, buying war bonds, working harder, enlisting and changing eating habits

8. The War Measures Act
Government was allowed to pass laws without approval of the parliament- total war- censor the press, force manufacturers and farmers to produce, imprison people without trial
Enemy Aliens- 800,000 people were labelled as Enemy Aliens (despite being encouraged to come to Canada pre- 1914)- Austria-Hungary, German, Ukraine
Carry identification cards, report to authorities often, and 8500 were sent to internment camps in Alberta
Berlin- Kitchener/Waterloo

11. The War Zone Comes Home Dec. 6 1917- Halifax Explosion
Mount Blanc and the Imo tones of expolsives
2000 people died, 9000 injured, the rest were homeless
See video

12. Women’s Changing Roles
The war effort left many women home to run businesses and work farms and fill in for the jobs of men
As soon as the war was over, women were forcibly removed form their jobs
1916 some provinces allowed women to vote in provincial elections
1917- Conscription Crisis- changes the future of women’s political rights
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13. Profiteering
Sam Hughes- gave his friend war contracts- wealthy business people- not military people
Shell Committee- $170 million- only %5.5 million were produced
Shoes
The Ross Rifle

14. Conscription 1916- people were aware of the reality of war
Enlistments dropped after the initial adrenaline rush
Military Service Act 1917-
Many Canadians, especially those with loved ones overseas agreed with it
Laurier- outraged, riots in Quebec
Ended up making little difference in the war- only of all overseas fighters were conscripts-yet the consequences of it has been enduring ever since

15. Conscription and the Vote
General Election in Borden knew conscription made him potentially a target to lose the election
Military Voters Act- all members of the military, male and female could now vote
Close women relatives of men serving in the armed forces could also vote
Also barred conscientious objectors from voting at all
“Before you cast your vote, think what the Kaiser would want it to be”
By 1918 all women were allowed to vote (other than alien born or aboriginals or Japanese Canadians)