1. Henri Bourassa
1.1. Elected Parliament 1896
1.1.1. Liberal Under Robert Borden
1.2. Resigned Seat 1899
1.3. Left Politics 1907
1.4. French-Canadian Nationalist
1.5. Imposition of Conscription
1.6. Encourages Wealth and Industry
1.7. Founder French-Language Paper 1910
1.8. Opposed to Continental Integration
1.9. Beat Laurier Electorally
2. Conscription
2.1. 1917 Conscription Began
2.2. Voluntary Recruitment Failing
2.3. Sir Robert Borden Motioned Conscription
2.4. French-Canadians and Others Generally Opposed
2.5. English-Canadians and British Generally Supported
2.6. Conscription Raged Debate 1917-1918
2.7. During Election Liberals (Sir Robert Borden) Won
2.7.1. (Woman Given Right To Vote)
3. Home Life / Troubled Economy
3.1. Increasing Unemployment
3.2. Military Spending
3.3. Country Dept
3.4. Difficult Living Arrangements
3.5. New Farmers
4. Battle of Ypres
4.1. April 22, 1915 - May 25, 1915
4.2. German Bayonet Attacks
4.3. Less Than Full Uniform
4.4. No Helmets
4.5. No Gas Masks
4.6. Jamming Ross Rifle
4.7. 6,000 Casualties
4.8. Baptism by Fire
4.8.1. New Weapons
4.8.2. Chlorine Gas
4.8.3. Machine guns
4.8.4. U-Boats
4.8.4.1. Used to carry out unrestricted warfare
4.8.4.2. Hard to track
4.8.4.3. Intensified Threat
5. New Weapons
5.1. Chlorine Gas
5.1.1. Used to Make Major Grounds
5.1.2. Chlorine Became Useless With Gas Masks
5.1.3. Deadly Without Protection
5.2. Railways
5.2.1. Ambulance Injured
5.2.2. Safest Travel
5.2.3. Large
5.2.4. Dirty
5.2.5. Claustrophobic Bunks
5.3. Aircraft
5.3.1. Spying Weapon
5.3.2. Carried Observer Camera
5.3.3. First Attempt of Air Attack
5.3.4. Slow
5.3.5. Lack of Power
5.4. Tanks
5.4.1. First Step Towards Mechanized Warfare
5.4.2. Quick Development
5.4.3. Met All Requirments
5.5. Machine Guns
5.5.1. Added Speed
5.5.2. Heavy, Hard to Move
5.5.3. Defensive & Battle Field Weapon
5.5.4. Jammed After Rapid-fire
5.6. U-Boats
5.6.1. Carried unrestricted warfare
5.6.2. Hard to Dectect
5.6.3. Intensified Threat
5.7. Zeplins
5.7.1. Further Flight
5.7.2. Fly High
5.7.3. Hard to Aim
5.7.4. Poor Visibility
6. Sir Robert Borden
6.1. Liberal
6.1.1. Won Election
6.2. Pro-Conscription
6.3. Gave Vote or Supporters of Conscription
6.4. Believed in Large Scale Military involvement
6.5. Conscription needed to Keep Forces Overseas
6.6. Homelife Prices Raised, Shortages, Scarcity of Labour
6.6.1. Led to Strikes, Wartime Profiteering, Economic Uncertainty
6.7. Retired From Politics 1920, Soon Died
7. Sir Wilfrid Layrier
7.1. Canada's First French-Canadian Prime Minister (1896-1911)
7.2. Committed Nation Builder
7.3. Opposed Conscription
7.4. Believed in Effective Compromise
7.5. Successfully Handling of Serious Disputes
7.5.1. Language Education
7.5.2. Foreign Policy
7.5.3. Railways
7.5.4. Creation of Provinces
7.5.4.1. Addition Two Million People
7.5.5. Addition Two Million People
7.5.5.1. Mainly Immigrants
7.6. After Electoral Defeat Continued as Leader of the Opposition
7.7. Position Held Till Death (1919)
8. Causes of World War 1
8.1. Nationalism
8.2. Militarism
8.3. Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
8.4. Mutual Defence Allainces
8.5. Imperialism
9. Ending Would War 1
9.1. Canada's Hundred Days Campaign Began
9.2. War's Fighting Wound Down
9.3. War Ended November 11, 1918
9.4. Agreement of Peace Reached
9.5. Over 8 Million Soldiers Died
9.5.1. 20 Million Wounded
9.6. Leaders of Triple Entente Laid Out Treaty
9.7. Signed Treaty Would Hopefully Cease Hostilities Forever
10. Halifax Explosion
10.1. Largest City in Atlantic Canada (1917)
10.2. Harbor Was The Heart of Halifax
10.3. Boat Collisions Were Frequent
10.4. Total Value of Explosives: $3,601,290
10.5. 9:04:35 Mont-Blanc Up In Flames
10.6. Explosion Cloud Went 20,000 Feet Above City
10.7. Tsunami Lifted 18 Meters Above Harbour
11. Woman in World War 1
11.1. Were Nurses Overseas
11.2. Worked in Factories
11.3. Encouraged Men to Join War
11.4. Given the Vote
11.5. Held Country Together
12. Alliences
12.1. Russia & Serbia
12.2. France & Russia
12.3. Britain & France & Belgium
12.4. Germany & Austria-Hungary
12.5. Japan & Britian
13. Battle of Vimy Ridge
13.1. April 9, 1917 - April 12, 1917
13.2. Wearing Basic Clothing
13.3. Wounded Returned to Trenches
13.4. Millions of Shells Rained Down on British Arms
13.4.1. (Week of Suffering)