Exam Review Long Answer Questions



Exam Review Long Answer Question

1. Describe how women’s roles and rights in Canada have changed over the last 100 years.

At the turn of the century (1900), the law in Canada stated that “No woman, idiot, lunatic, or criminal shall vote”. Women were not seen as people under the law. Many jobs were not open to women. Society expected women to marry, and stay at home, raise children and look after the house. Single women were hired as nurses, teachers and a few other positions. In jobs were both women and men worked, men were paid more for the same job.

The push for equality and the vote for women began on the Prairies by women such as Nellie McClung. She helped women in Manitoba become the first to be able to vote in provincial elections in Canada in 1916.

WWI, opened the door for women in many ways in Canada. Men left for the war and women were needed to fill the jobs making guns, shells and aircrafts. To help pass a conscription bill in 1917, Prime Minister Borden’s government passed the Wartime Elections Act that allowed some women to vote in Canadian elections for the first time. Women who served as nurses at the front or who had husbands or sons serving could now vote. After the war all women in Canada were given the right to vote in Canadian elections. Agnes Macphail became the first woman MP in 1921.

In the 1920s Canada still followed British law and the British North America Act. Only qualified persons (which were stated to be men), could be appointed Senators. The Alberta Five, which included Emily Murphy, challenged this law all the way to the British Privy Council and won in 1929. Women were indeed declared “Persons” under the law. This was known as the Persons Case. Cairine Wilson became Canada’s first female Senator in 1930.

Other firsts and accomplishments for women in Canada include Elsie MacGill being the engineer in charge of building the fighter aircraft the Hurricane during WWII.

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Women’s rights and roles have continued to evolve to present day. Canada’s first female Prime Minister was Kim Campbell in 1993. Our last Governor General was Michaëlle Jean.

WWI terms

Robert Borden: Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister during WWI

Schlieffen Plan: German plan to invade France by going through neutral Belgium. It was supposed to knock out France in 6 weeks and prevent the Germans from having to fight Russia and France at the same time.

Vimy Ridge: a German strong hold in WWI. Canadian troops captured the Ridge from the Germans in 1917. It was the first battle were the Canadian divisions all fought together without the British.

Conscription: being forced to join the army and fight.

Dog fight: a name given to the battles between pilots in WWI.

No-man’s land: the area of land between the two opposing trenches. This area is not owned by either side.

Arthur Currie: Canadian General who led the Canadian troops and carried out the plan s at Vimy Ridge.

Billy Bishop: Canada’s top ace pilot in WWI with 72 kills.

Convoy: a group of ships crossing the ocean together for protection.

Profiteering: was when companies would try to make very high profits by overcharging the Government for items needed for the war.

John McCrae: Canadian doctor who wrote the poem Flanders Fields while helping treat the wounded in WWI.

Sam Hughes: Canada’s Minister of the Militia during WWI. He was in charge of recruitment and providing the troops with weapons. He had our troops use the inferior Ross Rifle.

20s, 30s terms

Bennett Buggy A car with the engine taken out.

Struggle Buggy A car for dating

Agnes Macphail First woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Tariffs Taxes on goods crossing the border

Henry Ford Produce the Model T

Fredrick Banting Canadian who Discovered insulin

Relief Camp Where single men could work long hours for low wages and meals

Voucher Slips of paper that could be traded in for food and necessities.

Alberta Five Won the Person’s case, women became persons

WWII terms

Benito Mussolini Italian Dictator

Harry Truman United States President that decided to drop the atom bomb

Fascists Political System with only on party and control is in the hands of the army

William Lyon Mackenzie King: Canadian Prime Minister during WWII

Winston Churchill Prime Minister of Britain from 1940 for the rest of WWII

Joseph Stalin Leader of Russia from 1929 to 1953

Dieppe French port that Canadians attempted to invade. One half of the men were lost

Dunkirk: 350,000 British and French forces were rescued from the French coast by fishermen

Normandy: The location of the D=-Day invasion to liberate Europe from Hitler

Hiroshima The first atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese city by the Americans

Versailles Treaty that ended WWI and is seen as a cause of WWII

Anti-Semitism hatred of Jews

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