Progression and Decline of Canada 1914-1929

By Saryeo15

  • # The Start of WW1 (-2)

    # The Start of WW1 (-2)
    Austria-Hungary fought with Serbia. As allies of Austria-Hungary, Germany joined the war against Serbia but Serbia allied with Russia.

  • $ Taxes (-1)

    $ Taxes (-1)
    The Business Profits War Tax of 1916 and the Personal Income tax of 1917 was introduced by the government to fund the war.

  • * 'Enemy Aliens' (-2)

    * 'Enemy Aliens' (-2)
    The War Measures Act was passed, allowing authorities to imprison those who were born in enemy countries in internment camps.

  • # Conscription (-1)

    # Conscription (-1)
    The government implemented the Military Service Act, making it mandatory for men between 20-45 years of age to enlist in WW1.

  • * Women's Right to Vote (+2)

    * Women's Right to Vote (+2)
    Women earned the right to vote in 1918.

  • # The End of the War (+1)

    # The End of the War (+1)
    Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in 1918.

  • * Prohibition (0)

    * Prohibition (0)
    After the war it became illegal to produce or sell alcohol.

  • # Residential Schools (-2)

    # Residential Schools (-2)
    In 1920 the government amended the Indian Act making it mandatory for all Indigenous children to attend Residential Schools.

  • * Insulin (+2)

    * Insulin (+2)
    In 1922 Frederick Banting and his colleague Charles Best discovered Insulin.

  • * Women are 'Persons' (+2)

    * Women are 'Persons' (+2)
    In 1929 women were legally included in the definition of 'persons' this gave women the right to be appointed to the Senate of Canada.