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note i only say 1931 for the end of the timeline is because of the statue of Westminster since it took place in 1931 however our teacher said it would be ok to add it to the timeline. So teacher if you see this don't mind it -
Battle of Vimy Ridge (+1)
Between April 9 and April 12, 1917, the First World War's Battle of Vimy Ridge took place. It is the most lauded military triumph in Canadian history and is frequently mythologized as the beginning of Canadian pride and consciousness. Despite being the most significant territorial advance made by an Allied force up to that time in the war, it had little impact on how the battle turned out. The attack resulted in the deaths and injuries of almost 10,600 Canadians. -
Wartime Election Act (0)
Female relatives of troops serving overseas in the First World War, were granted the right to vote under the Wartime Elections Act of 1917. Many immigrants from "enemy" nations to Canada were also denied the right to vote. Prime Minister Robert Borden passed the Act to increase its support for candidates in the 1917 election. It cost the Conservatives years of support from particular groups. The ability to vote was given to many women, but it also legalized many anti-immigrant views. -
Canada's Hundred Days (+1)
The Hundred Days Offensive, which lasted from 8 August 1918 to 11 November 1918, is a sequence of battles in which Canadian and allied forces drove the German Army this time from Amiens, France, east to Mons, Belgium. This drive resulted in the German Army's surrender and the war's end. -
Prohibition in Canada, 1920s (-1)
The temperance movement gave rise to prohibition in Canada. It advocated for a moderate or complete abstinence from alcohol because of the notion that drinking was a major cause of many social evils. Local governments were given the "local choice" to forbid the sale of alcohol by the Canada Temperance Act (Scott Act) of 1878. Prince Edward Island became the first province to impose prohibition in 1901. In the 1920s, most provincial laws were abolished. PEI, however, ended it in 1948. -
KKK in Canada, 1920s (-2)
The Ku Klux Klan is a banned, racist, ultra-conservative, fraternal group that seeks to establish Anglo-Saxon, Protestant society as the superior social order. In Saskatchewan in the 1920s. The Ku Klux Klan was said to be active in Montréal in 1921; by 1925, local branches, or "klans," had been founded all over Canada. In the 1929 provincial election, the influence of the Klan helped put an end to 24 years of Liberal administration in Saskatchewan. -
Halibut Treaty (+2)
An agreement between Canada and the United States on fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean is known as the Halibut Treaty of 1923. It was the first environmental agreement made to protect an ocean fishery. It was also the first treaty that the Canadian government freely negotiated and signed; this was only one of several significant occasions that marked Canada's transformation into a sovereign nation. -
Chinese Exclusion Act (-2)
The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which levied a high head tax on all immigrants from China, severely restricted Chinese immigration before 1923. The Chinese Immigration Act was passed after pressure from several federal and certain provincial governments, particularly British Columbia, on the federal government to restrict Chinese immigration. It became effective on July 1st, 1923. -
Indian Act (-2)
The Indian Act is the primary legislation the federal government employs to oversee the management of reserve lands, local First Nations governments, and Indian status. It also explains the responsibility of the government to the First Nations people. The First Nations Cultural Elimination Act, first introduced in 1876, incorporated several colonial legislation favoring absorption into Euro-Canadian society over eliminating First Nations culture. -
Sexual Sterilization Act (-2)
The Albertan government introduced the Sexual Sterilization Act in 1927, and it was put into effect across the entire province in 1928. The act was intended to sterilize anyone who would pass on their impairment to their offspring. Any physical or mental impairment or illness, as well as behaviors like alcoholism, crime, poverty, and prostitution, were on the list of undesirable traits compiled by the Eugenics Board. -
Statute of Westminster 1931 (+2)
An act of the British Parliament, recognized the virtual independence of the dominions and affirmed Canadian sovereignty, both of which had been in place since World War I and the Treaty of Versailles that followed.
