Chapter Ten: Canada in the Great War

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Question 1
How big was the First Canadian Expeditionary Force when it sailed for England on October 3, 1914?
a. 25,000 men
b. 36,000 men
c. 220,000 men
d. 600,000 men

Question 2
Where did the Canadian soldiers make their reputation by preventing a German breakthrough?
a. Passchendaele
b. Somme
c. Vimy Ridge
d. Ypres

Question 3
What important innovation did the federal government introduce during the war to help it fund the war effort?
a. universal franchise
b. the borrowing of foreign capital
c. direct taxation
d. a wealth equalization policy

Question 4
How did David Lloyd George gain a voice in the war decision-making process?
a. He threatened to order the withdrawal of Canadian troops if he were not allowed to participate in the war conference taking place in London in 1917.
b. He invited the prime ministers from the dominions and Britain to meet as an Imperial War Cabinet.
c. He lobbied Bonar Law, the colonial secretary, until his pleas were heard.
d. In recognition of Canadian achievements at Vimy Ridge, the British government asked him to advise it on military matters.

Question 5
What did "Regulation 17" stipulate?
a. It introduced country-wide conscription.
b. It stipulated that each school, regardless of the language of instruction, was to be periodically reviewed by a committee to determine the merits of the education it offered.
c. It made English the official language of instruction and restricted French to the first two years of schooling.
d. It required all bilingual schools to have the Union Jack and no other flag displayed in front of the entrance.

Question 6
Who opposed conscription, besides French-Canadians?
a. Quakers
b. many farmers
c. Canadian Women's Peace Party
d. all of the above

Question 7
Approximately how many Canadians died in World War I?
a. 60,000
b. 25,000
c. 90,000
d. 42,000

Question 8
What did the Wartime Elections Act allow?
a. It allowed women over 21 whose fathers, husbands, or sons served overseas to vote.
b. It allowed the women serving in the armed forces or as nurses in the war to vote.
c. It gave the status Indians who served in the armed forces the right to vote.
d. It allowed all women over 21 to vote in federal elections during the war.

Question 9
How did business and government officials see the central strike committee, which the strike organizers created to regulate the Winnipeg General Strike?
a. as the beginning of a Bolshevik uprising
b. as a gaggle of petty thieves
c. as a group formed by incognito members of the Young Men's Christian Association
d. as the last straw in an already chaotic situation that would lead to anarchy

Question 10
Once Canada got into the League of Nations, which of the following requirements did Borden oppose?
a. the requirement to contribute to the rebuilding of France
b. the requirement to contribute to peacekeeping activities in the other member countries
c. the requirement to repatriate all former enemy aliens living in Canada
d. the requirement that all the members of the league must come to the aid of other members in times of attack

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