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Nurses Overseas
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In order to save the soldiers, the nurses Katherine MacDonald and Mae Belle Sampson put their own lives in danger. Women assisted injured soldiers because they were not permitted to be a part of the soldier society. They assisted soldiers in a hazardous setting while working through the heat. -
Canada at War
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Canada was a self-governing realm of the British Empire in 1914, but it had no say in its own foreign policy. The majority of Canadians, though by no means all, would have agreed with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's observation from 1910 that "when Britain is at war, Canada is at war." There is no difference. -
First Battle of Ypres
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The First Battle of Ypres was a First World War battle fought in West Flanders, Belgium, close to the city of Ypres. The conflict was a part of the First Battle of Flanders, which took place from 10 October until the middle of November and involved the British Expeditionary Force, German, French, and Belgian soldiers. The Battle of the Yser fought between the German 4th Army, the Belgian army, and French marines went on to the north of Ypres. -
Second Battle of Ypres
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The Second Battle of Ypres, which took place in western Belgium from 22 April to 25 May 1915, was fought for control of the strategically significant-high land to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres. The First Battle of Ypres had taken place the fall before. Germany used poison gas in large quantities for the first time on the Western Front during the Second Battle of Ypres. -
Battle of Somme
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The Battle of the Somme started on July 1, 1916, and lasted four months. For many people, this was the battle that symbolized the horrors of warfare in the First World War; it had a marked effect on overall casualty figures and seemed to epitomize the futility of trench warfare. -
Wartime Election Act
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Female relatives of Canadian troops who were serving overseas in the First World War were granted the right to vote under the Wartime Elections Act of 1917. Many immigrants to Canada from "enemy" nations were also denied the right to vote. The Conservative administration of Prime Minister Robert Borden passed the Act in an effort to increase its support for candidates in the 1917 election. The ability to vote was given to many women. -
Influenza/Spanish Flu Outbreak
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Even though the 1918 virus was not exclusive to one place, it became known as the Spanish flu because Spain was severely affected by the sickness and was spared the news blackouts that other European countries throughout the war experienced. Although it had terrible symptoms including chills, fever, and tiredness and would have taken several days to recover from, the death rate was incredibly low. -
End of War
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The war ended as a result of a string of engagements in which Canadian and Allied forces forced the German Army to flee. Posted on October 2, 2018 by Canada's History Fearing that America would join the conflict, the Germans launched a huge attack in the spring of 1918 in an effort to exclude France from the conflict. -
Prohibition
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A time in American history known as Prohibition began with the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which outlawed the production, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The Volstead Act was passed on January 17, 1920, making Prohibition legally enforceable after it had been ratified by the states on January 16, 1919. The new laws did not make it any easier to enforce Prohibition. -
The Great Stock Market Crash (The Great Depression)
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The Roaring Twenties, often known as the Jazz Age, were an era of phenomenal economic prosperity that was followed by the stock market crash of 1929. According to history textbooks, the "Great Depression" officially began with the 1929 stock market crash. Flashing red lights indicate that a remedial course needed to be followed in order to prevent Black Monday due to warning indicators of overvaluation and margin buying.