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World War 1 by Mind Map: World War 1

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)

13.5. First Time All Four Divisions Fight Together

13.6. Arthur Currie's Leadership

13.7. The First Large Victory

13.8. 10, 602 Casualties

14. Battle of Passchendaele

14.1. July 31, 1917 - November 10, 1917

14.2. Symbol of Mud

14.3. Senseless Slaughter

14.4. Began Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

14.5. Comander Sir Douglas Haig

14.6. Swampy field , Holes Big Enough To Drown Men

14.7. Mud Gummed Up Rifles

14.8. Rain of Exploding Shells

14.9. 275, 000 Casualties

15. Battle of Somme

15.1. July 1, 1916 - November 18, 1916

15.2. Under Command of Sir Douglas Haig

15.3. Deep Dugouts

15.4. Under Quality Shells

15.5. British Generals Supplies Improper Weapons

15.6. Ineffective Tactics

15.7. French Demands Help

15.8. British Attacks Unprepared

15.9. 600, 000 Casualties