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B. Canada, 1914–1929 · Canada, 1914–1929

Canada, 1914–1929: Unit Review

A1.1 A1.2 A1.3 A1.4 A1.5 A1.6 A1.7 A2.1 A2.2 A2.3 A2.4 B1.1 B1.2 B1.3 B1.4 B2.1 B2.2 B2.3 B2.4 B2.5 B2.6 B3.1 B3.2 B3.3 B3.4About 40 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can describe key social, economic and political developments in Canada from 1914 to 1929 and assess their significance for different groups.
  • I can analyse interactions within and between communities in Canada, and between Canada and the world, from 1914 to 1929.
  • I can explain how individuals, organizations and social changes contributed to identity, citizenship and heritage in Canada.
  • I can use the historical inquiry process and the historical thinking concepts.

Words to know

autonomy
Self-government; for Canada, control over its own foreign policy.
conscription
Compulsory military service.
internment
Confining people without trial in wartime because of their origin.
assimilation
Forcing a group to give up its culture and identity.
suffrage
The right to vote.
historical significance
How much an event, person or development mattered, to whom, and for how long.

Let's review!

In this unit you investigated Canada from 1914 to 1929: the causes of the First World War and Canada's part in it; trench warfare and the battles from Ypres to the Hundred Days; the home front, conscription and the internment of "enemy aliens"; the war's aftermath; Canada's growing autonomy; the Winnipeg General Strike and new ideologies and movements; the economy and culture of the 1920s; women's rights; First Nations, Métis and Inuit experiences of policy and resistance; and immigration, discrimination and the contributions of many communities. You practised the full historical inquiry process along the way.

This review has a few questions from every lesson. Try each one, then press Show answer to check.

How to use this review

Do two or three sections at a time rather than all at once. Write your answer before checking. For every question you miss, note why (forgot a date? mixed up two laws? did not explain the significance?) and reread that lesson's explanation and modelled example. Then try the 10-question quiz at the end. For essay-style questions, practise writing a thesis first.

Canada, 1914–1929 at a glance (spacing to scale)191419171920192319261929War begins;War Measures ActVimy; conscription;Halifax ExplosionWinnipeg Strike;VersaillesChanak (1922);Halibut Treaty (1923)King-Byng;Balfour ReportPersons Case;stock market crashManitoba womenvote firstArmistice1918Indian Act: compulsoryschool attendanceChineseImmigration ActBan on fundingland claims
The whole unit on one line. Events above and below the line are spaced to scale by year.
B1: ContextStatistics and trendsTechnologyEconomy: war, recession,boom, credit, the NorthImpact of the war at homeB2: Conflict and cooperationCauses and costs of the warCanada's world roleConscription, strikes, KlanGroups and movementsResidential schools; racismB3: Identity and heritagePeople who shaped CanadaArts and popular cultureWomen's rights and livesImmigration policy andnewcomers' contributions
The three overall expectations of this unit and the main topics in each. Strand A (inquiry skills) runs through all of them.

Canada in 1914: Thinking Like a Historian

1

Is a 1916 recruiting poster a primary or secondary source, and what should you watch for?

2

The rural share of Canadians was 55% (1911) and 46% (1931). Write a one-sentence trend statement.

3

Name the four historical thinking concepts.

Why War? The Causes of World War I and Canada's Entry

1

What does MAIN stand for?

2

What was the trigger of the war?

3

Why was Canada at war in August 1914, and what could it decide for itself?

The Western Front: Trench Warfare and New Military Technology

1

Why did the war on the Western Front become a stalemate?

2

What new weapon did Canadians face at Second Ypres in April 1915?

3

What happened to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel?

From Vimy Ridge to the Hundred Days: Canada's Soldiers and Their Sacrifice

1

Give two reasons for the Canadian success at Vimy Ridge.

2

Who was Arthur Currie?

3

What was the No. 2 Construction Battalion, and how has Canada responded since?

4

Why do historians debate whether Vimy was the "birth of a nation"?

The Home Front: Total War, the Wartime Economy and the Halifax Explosion

1

What is total war?

2

Which tax began in 1917 as a temporary measure?

3

What caused the Halifax Explosion of 6 December 1917?

A Country Divided: The Conscription Crisis and Wartime Politics

1

What did the Wartime Elections Act do?

2

How many Quebec seats did the Unionists win in December 1917?

3

How did Regulation 17 add to French Canadians' opposition to conscription?

"Enemy Aliens": Internment and Wartime Discrimination

1

How many people were interned as "enemy aliens", and who were most of them?

2

Which law made the internment possible?

3

Why do historians put "enemy aliens" in quotation marks?

After the Armistice: Veterans, the Influenza Pandemic and Remembrance

1

How were Status First Nations veterans treated after the war?

2

About how many people in Canada died in the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic?

3

Why is the poppy a symbol of remembrance in Canada?

Canada on the World Stage: From Colony Toward Autonomy

1

Put in order: Balfour Report, Halibut Treaty, Chanak Crisis, Treaty of Versailles.

2

What did Mackenzie King say during the Chanak Crisis?

3

What did Deskaheh ask of the League of Nations in 1923?

4

What was the King-Byng affair?

Unrest and Reform: The Winnipeg General Strike and New Political Movements

1

What did Winnipeg strikers want in 1919?

2

What happened on Bloody Saturday?

3

What do extreme ideologies such as communism (in the Soviet Union) and fascism have in common?

Just for fun

Studying 15 years of history in one unit is a lot. Good news: unlike the people in this unit, you will not have to wait for a telegram to find out the answers. Just press Show answer.

The Roaring Twenties? Economy, Consumers and New Technology

1

What is a branch plant?

2

Who developed insulin?

3

Why do historians ask "Roaring for whom?" about the 1920s?

Jazz, Hockey and the Group of Seven: Arts and Popular Culture

1

When did the Group of Seven first exhibit?

2

What was rum running?

3

Give one Canadian and one American cultural influence of the 1920s.

Women's Rights and Lives, 1914–1929

1

What did the Privy Council decide in 1929?

2

Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons?

3

Name two groups of women who still could not vote federally after 1918.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit, 1914–1929: Policies, Resistance and Organizing

1

What did the 1920 Indian Act amendment require?

2

Who founded the League of Indians in 1919?

3

What did the 1927 amendment ban?

Who Was Welcome? Immigration, Racism and Resilience, 1914–1929

1

What did the Chinese Immigration Act (1923) do?

2

What was the first Black railway union in North America?

3

Why did immigration stay below the 1913 peak in the late 1920s?

4

Where was the Ku Klux Klan strongest in Canada?

Be a Historian: Did Canada Come of Age, 1914–1929?

1

List the five steps of the inquiry process.

2

What makes a thesis strong?

3

Give one piece of evidence for and one against the claim that Canada "came of age" in 1914–1929.

Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Why was Canada at war in August 1914?

2.

Which battle in April 1917 saw all four Canadian divisions attack together for the first time?

3.

The Military Service Act of 1917 introduced:

4.

Most people interned as "enemy aliens" in 1914–1920 were:

5.

Which event was the first treaty Canada negotiated and signed on its own?

6.

What did Winnipeg strikers demand in 1919?

7.

Who developed insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–1922?

8.

The Persons Case (1929) established that:

9.

What did the 1920 amendment to the Indian Act do?

10.

What did the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 do?

For parents and teachers

How to use the results: each mistake points to a lesson to revisit.

  • Mixing up primary and secondary sources, or writing trend statements without numbers → Canada in 1914: Thinking Like a Historian.
  • Confusing long-term causes and the trigger, or why Canada was at war → Why War?
  • Errors on trenches, technology, Ypres or the Somme → The Western Front.
  • Errors on Vimy, Currie, the Hundred Days or who served → From Vimy Ridge to the Hundred Days.
  • Errors on income tax, Victory Loans, women's war work or the Halifax Explosion → The Home Front.
  • Mixing up the Military Voters Act and Wartime Elections Act, or the 1917 election → A Country Divided.
  • Errors on internment → "Enemy Aliens".
  • Errors on veterans, the influenza pandemic or Remembrance Day → After the Armistice.
  • Putting Versailles, Chanak, the Halibut Treaty and the Balfour Report in the wrong order, or the King-Byng affair → Canada on the World Stage.
  • Errors on the Winnipeg strike or ideologies → Unrest and Reform.
  • Errors on branch plants, credit, insulin or the North → The Roaring Twenties?
  • Errors on the Group of Seven, sports or prohibition → Jazz, Hockey and the Group of Seven.
  • Errors on suffrage dates or the Persons Case → Women's Rights and Lives.
  • Errors on the 1920 and 1927 Indian Act amendments or the League of Indians → First Nations, Métis and Inuit, 1914–1929.
  • Errors on immigration policy, Chinese exclusion, the UNIA or the Klan → Who Was Welcome?
  • Weak thesis statements or missing evidence → Be a Historian.

Tip: ask your teen to explain an answer aloud as if teaching you. If they can explain why something mattered and to whom, they understand it at the Grade 10 level.