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Schieffen plan

A german military plan to sweep through Belgium to outlook resitance causing France to surrender

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War time elections act

Allowed women with relatives in the military to vote

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Treaty of Versaille

Peace treaty that ended WW1

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U-boats

Underwater German military boats used to sink opponents ships

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Triple Alliance

Alliance between Germany, Austia-Hungary and Italy

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Triple Entente

Alliance between United Kingdom, France and Russia

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Robert Borden

Canadian priminester during the first world war

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Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States during WW1 proposed the league of nations

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Ypres

A significant battle during the war known for its intense fighting and first large scale use of chemical warfare

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Somme

A 4 month battle with not much gained but lots of casualties seen as a useless battle

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Passchendale

Major battle had heavy rainfall and mud caused difficult conditions in the trenches

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Vimy Ridge

A battle during the war fought by Canadians was a defying moment for Canada as a nation

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Conscription

Introduced by Robert Borden forced men to go into the military

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Spanish Flu

Global pandemic following the was that killed 100 million worldwide and 50 000 in Canada

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League of Nations

Brought together all nations to discuss dispute peacefully but failed to stop WW2

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Flappers

Young women in the 1920s changed the traditional norms of female behavoir and fashion

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Prohibition

Nation wide ban on alcohol in the 1920s to 1930s which lead to illegal drinking

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Al Caprone

Famous gangster during the prohibition heavily involved in bootlegging and was the symbol for the crime

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Emily Murphy

Canadians women rights activist

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Great Depression

Severe world wide economic downturn starting 1929 caused massive unemployment and hardships throughout the country

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Stock Market Crash

The crash on October 1929 marking the beginning of the great depression

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22

Mein Kampf

A book by Adolf Hitler outlining his political ideas and plans for Germany was the foundation of Nazi ideology

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Relief vouchers

Financial aid provided by the government during the economical crisis that allowed you to purchase essentials

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R.B. Bennet

The 11th prime minister of Canada during the great depression made relief vouchers

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On-to-Ottawa Trek

Protest from relief camp workers for better conditions and pay

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Group of 7

A collective of Canadian painters in the 1920s known for their vibrant depictions of Canadas landscapes

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Jazz age

Cultural period in the 1920s characterized by jazz music, flapper culture and significant social changes

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“Roaring Twenties”

A decade marked by economic growth, jazz music, social change and advancement in technology and lifestyle

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Appeasment

A way to keep peace with Hitler by giving him what he wanted without war

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Dictatorship

A single government leader with great power after suppressing and giving freedom to others

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Juno Beach

Canada, United States and Great Britain took back France from Germany entering through the beach

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Stalingrad

Germans made the biggest offence in history entering Russia making it all the way to Moscow and Stalingrad but lost

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Neville Chainberlain

Prime minister of the UK from May 1937 to May 1940

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Dieppe raid

Canada and Britain vs. Germany unsuccesful mission to take back France and distract Hitlers attention away from Russia

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Holocaust

Mass genocide of the Jewish race due to the Nazis 6 million killed

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Hiroshima + Nagasaki

First ever atomic bombs dropped here causing the end of the war

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Pearl Harbor

Unexpected attack on Hawaii from Japan causing the US to join the war

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Winston Churchill

Military officer that became prime minister of UK from 1940 to 1945

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Italian Campaign

A series of operations invasion of Italy through Sicily reaching Rome killing Mussilini

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Rape of the Nankings

Caused by the Japanese soldiers affecting women all over Asia

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Radar

Created during the war for aircraft allowing them to see each other giving Germans a disadvantage

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Swing Kids

Movie based on characters in Germany leading up to the war

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Mackenzie King

Canadian prime minister during the second world war who only allowed conscription on the homefront

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Normandy

Where D-day was fought Canadians came in through beaches of France taking back Europe

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Auschwitz

Largest concentration camp to be run based in Poland

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Dunkirk

Where Germany trapped the allied forces on a beach in France forcing surrender

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Korean War

War between North Korea and South Korea the North was supported by Soviets and South the UK

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Hydrogen Bomb

Developed by the USA and Russia and was even stronger than the atomic bomb

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Soviets placed missile aiming toward the USA from Cuba

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October Crisis

Political crisis involving the kidnapping of two government officials James Cross and Pierre Laporte

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Quiet revolution

Shift from church dominated society to modern more developed one

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Sputnik

The first official satellite to orbit Earth launched by the soviets

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Avro Arrow

Fastest military plane on Earth at the time developed by Canada

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Berlin Wall

Separated East and West Germany one side run by Soviets and the other by Allied forces

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Charters of rights and freedoms

First amendment freedom of religion and speech

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Referendum

A direct vote for a specific issue in this case conscription

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Cold war

Rivalry between the USA and Russia

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Khrushchev

Prime minister of the Soviet Union was the first communist party

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Baby Boom

A spike in the amount of babies born after the war ended

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Warbrides

Women marrying soldiers quickly before they left for war

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Multiculturalism

The co-existance of different cultures within the same society

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United Nations

An international organization with 51 countries helping to keep world peace

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Peacekeeping

Efforts made by NATO to keep the world in peace

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Pier Trudeu

Changed Canadas influence on politics was prime minister for 15 years

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Just society

A project aimed to improve equality helps fix human rights

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Bilingualism

The ability to speak two languages Canada is a bilingual country speaking english and french

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