Canada

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Canada The Start of WWI

• Dec. 14th
• p. 24 -27

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How Canada became involved

• Britain still controlled the foreign policy of
  all its dominions
• That meanswhen Britain
• declared war on Germany,
• Canada the entire British
• Empire were automatically
• at war
• Most Anglophones were British descent
• Lots of National pride to fight for Britain!

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Eager Beavers!

• Canadian PM promised 25,000 soldiers to Britain
• BUT, more than 30,000 people volunteered
• Why? Urge to fight for Motherland Britain!
• Believed it would be a short war ? Home for
  Christmas
• Life in Canada was dull at the timeFighting in
  Europe would be exciting!
• Maybe can come home to Canada a HERO!
• Had no job, wanted to escape financial worries

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Are Canadian Soldiers Ready?

• Canada not involved with Militarism,
  Imperialism
• The need for military was
• not present until NOW
• Troops had to be clothed,
• armed trained in short
• amount of time

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Help National Identity

• Many Canadians had never talked with people from
  other parts of Canada
• The war training brought Canadians together
• Instead of CEF (Cdn Force)
• mixed with British army,
• they stayed separate
• resulting in more
• Canadian pride!

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Habeas Corpus

• The right to be brought in front of a judge to
  determine lawfulness of arrest
• Right of someone arrested to be judged if they
  actually broke the law
• Habeas Corpus was REMOVED during War Measures Act
  
• ?Police could arrest detain anyone without
  reason

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War Measures Act

• Government has more control over country
  economy, security, transportation, trade, welfare
• Gives govt power to do everything for the
  security, safety, peace, order of country

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War Measures Act

• To meet the demands of the war - WWI
• Do everything to keep security safety of
  country
• Censor the Mail
• Take control of economy, transportation, trade,
  manufacturing

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Internment Camps

• Held dangerous or people that were a threat at
  these camps.
• Because so many people were being detained, they
  the jails could not hold themso they went to
  internment camps
• Lots of Immigrants Especially Germans Austria
  - Hungarians

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES in WWI

• Tanks
• Submarines (U-Boats)
• Fighter Planes
• Poison Gas
• How they affected the style of war
• More powerful weapons More efficient killing of
  people ? More Deaths
• Less time to kill ?Shorter war?

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Technologies in WWI

• The way you killnot so bloody? Chlorine gas
• Situation on battlefield changes
• Team with newest technologies have advantage
• Your defense is differentyour attack is
  different
• Tactics/Strategies changes