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By MartinaV04

  • Canada’s Entry in WWI

  • U.S Enters War

  • War Measures Act

    P.M. Robert Borden uses the War Measures Act pass the Military Service Act

  • War-time Elections Act

  • Halifax Explosion

  • Election for Conscription

    Borden (Con/Union) vs. Laurier (Liberal)

  • Peace Treaty #1

    Revolution in Russia forces exit from WWI and signing of Treaty Brest-Litovsk to secure peace with Germany

  • Canada Begins Prohibition

  • Armistice (End of WWI)

  • Bloody Saturday

    Riot during the Winnipeg General Strike has

  • Black Tuesday

    Stock values declined so rapidly that the stock exchange could not kept up with sales (it crashed)

  • The Ending of Prohibition in Canada

    Prohibition was enacted at different times for different provinces, it also ended at different times, causing smuggling between provinces and countries.