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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Political Change: -2.
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was one of the major events that started WW1. This heavily invoked the wars start. -
Recruitment Posters in Canada
Social Change: +1. Recruitment posters in Canada gave a lot of soldiers the opportunity to provide for their families, and to achieve "honour and glory". -
Canadian Troops Arrive Overseas
Social Change: +1. Canadian troops arrive overseas. Them arriving safely was good for the soldiers families knowing that their loved ones were alive. -
First Use of Poison Gas
Political Change: -2. Weaponized gas is used for the first time in warfare and is a terrible weapon that has terrible effects on people. -
Lt. Col. Borden's Letter
Social Change +1. A letter was sent out to children to ask them to inform their fathers and older brothers in the military. This strategy worked very well and they had all their required men very quickly. -
Women in the Workplace
Economic Change +1. Women entered the work place for the first time and this permanently changed how women were allowed in the workplace and being able to provide for their families. Unfortunately they weren't earning the same amount as men. -
War Artists Affect Social Change
Social Change: +2. War artists are hired to make paintings about what war looks like to provide information to citizens who didn't enlist in war. -
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Social Change: 0. The battle of Vimy Ridge was won by Canada and the British but both sides lost soldiers and there was a lot of death. -
Jeremiah Jones
Social Change: +1. Jeremiah Jones was a soldier who single-handedly saved a group of his soldiers by killing seven German soldiers. He was given the medal after he died but people still treated him poorly for his race. -
The End of WW1
Social Change +2. The war ended with the Germans losing and this was a huge deal for all the soldiers, the Canadian, and the British.
