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FILL IN THE BLANK NOTES- WAR ON THE CANADIAN HOMEFRONT
THE WAR AT HOME
1)When Canada had entered the war, the country was in an______, but by 1916, the economy was booming
2)After Prime Minister Borden replaced the ______with the more efficient______, munitions factories started building ships and airplanes as well as shells.
3)Hundreds of thousands of Canadians were ______in these factories to ______that poured in from England and Belgium
4)The production and export of Canadian goods reached record highs. Resources such as ______, ______, ______, and ______were also in high demand, as was Canadian ______and ______.
5)Because most of what Canada produced was exported to Europe, many goods became scarce within Canada. This scarcity caused the prices to rise. Some Canadian businesses made enormous profits from the inflated prices, but workers became increasingly frustrated by government controls that kept wages low yet allowed prices to rise.
6)Workers’ demands for higher wages and better working conditions became a major issue after the war
PAYING FOR THE WAR
1)While production levels were at an all time high, the Canadian government was unable to raise ______money to pay for its contribution to the war
2)New technology and the large number of troops involved made this war a very ______conflict
3)The government decided to try and pay its debts through a combination of bonds, taxes, and loans
4)______was in effect during both the First and Second World War, making it hard to obtain ______, ______, ______, and other scarce food items that were needed to hep feed the men fighting overseas
5)Goods such as rubber, ______, metal, and nylon were also difficult to come by because they were needed for the war effort
6)In a campaign that appealed to ______and ______, Canadians were urged to buy ______that they could cash in with interest when the war was over
7)The government also introduced ______- a measure that was supposed to be temporary
8)Well off families and individuals had to pay a tax of ______per cent of their income
THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN
1)With so many men overseas, women had to take on new ______in wartime Canada.
2)It was not easy for women to fill new roles that arose due to the demands of wartime, while maintaining the traditional female roles of the time.
3)Some organized committees to send ______and ______overseas; others became involved in volunteer organizations such as the ______
4)The most significant change, however, was in women’s contribution to the ______
5)Before 1914, women had been employed at low-skill, low-paying jobs in food and clothing industries, and as domestic servants
6)When Canada’s increased industrial production created a demand for labour, women were hired for all types of work, from ______in Atlantic Canada to running prairie farms
7)Canadian farms felt their own ______to meet the growing need for ______for the war effort, while also losing many of their young male workers to military service
8)Many farm women were faced with the reality that they had to ______the family farm themselves as well as raise the children, while the ______, sons, and ______were off at war.
9)Without the efforts of women on the home front, Canada’s wartime economy would have ______
10)Women also fulfilled the roles of mothers who had to prepare to give up everything.
11)Most employers assumed that the women would ______these jobs and ______to work in their ______when the war ended
12)The ______roles of women during the war ______the campaign for women’s______
13)The women of Manitoba had been at the forefront of women’s struggle to win the right to vote
14)Conservative Premier Dufferin Roblin refused to even consider allowing women to ______in any election
15)Then in 1915, the Liberals in Manitoba campaigned in the election with the promise that women would have the right to vote, which they received in January 1916.
16)Alberta and Saskatchewan gave women the right to vote in ______and Ontario and British Columbia also won the right to vote in ______elections
17)All Canadian women won the right to vote in federal elections in 1918 in recognition of their ______during the war.
18)The ______of 1917 gave Canadian nurses with the armed forces and the wives, sisters, and mothers of Canadian soldiers a vote in upcoming federal election
19)During election campaign Borden pledged to ______the vote to all women if elected
20)After the war Borden extended the vote to women over age of ______