Canada: a People S History

Canada: A People’s History “Ordeal By Fire”

1. What did Canadians expect when they signed up for the war? ______

2. What reasons are given for men signing up? ______

3. Who were the most prolific group to sign up from the war? ______

4. How were propaganda films used to recruit soldiers for the war? What was their focus? ______

5. As you watch the video of Canadians leaving for training camp, what was the mood? Why do you think this was? ______

6. Why did French Canadians not sign up to fight in the war? ______

7. What percentage of Native Peoples from Canada fought in the Great War? ______

8. What did Nelly McClung fight for? What was her perspective on the war? ______

9. What role did Canadian women play? What was their main job in Canada? ______Europe? ______

10. What was a suffragist? ______

11. How did the prohibitionists rationalize making liquor illegal? ______12. In what year were women given the vote in Canada? ______

13. What also happened that same year? ______14. What three things made life in the trenches almost unbearable? ______

15. How many men did the Canadian battalion lose on the first day at Ypres? ______

16. When did the Battle of the Sommes begin? ______

17. How many Newfoundlanders survives the first half hour of the battle? ______

18. How many men died in the Battle of the Sommes? ______

19. How did some men react to the war? ______

20. What happened to men who deserted the British army? ______

21. How many Canadian men were executed for desertion? ______

22. What was the major issue with the Ross Rifle? ______

23. What happened to Joseph Flavelle when he took over the supplies for the war? What name was he given?