WWI and Canada's identity

WWI and Canada's identity

1. Battles

   • 2nd Ypres (1915)
   • Vimy Ridge (1917)
   • ST. Eloi (1916)
   • Mont Sorrel (1916)
   • Hill 70 (1917)
   • Passchendaele (1917)
   • Somme (1916)
   • Amiens (1918)

2. British

   • followed Britain into war
   • Supporters of conscription

3. Canada becoming an independent country

4. Expansions of rights and freedoms of women

   • Not aloud to vote
     • Military voters act passed
       • Female relatives of soldiers aloud to act
   • Stay at home
     • Given jobs
       • Sent over seas to be nurses
         • After war
           • Women were laid off
             • Men protest
           • Start of womens rights

5. Minorities

   • Black Canadians
   • Aboriginals
   • Enemy aliens
   • Francophones