The War Effort:  World War II

 

Textbook:  Spotlight Canada

 

Homefront ( p. 255)

  1. What is “total war”?

 

 

 

 

  1. a) What was “rationing”?

 

 

 

 

 

b) List 2 ways food and supplies were monitored.

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Other than food, what are some other goods that were rationed?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. How did children and teens contribute to the war effort?

 

 

 

 

 

Camp X (p. 259-263)

  1. What was Camp X?

 

 

 

  1. What kind of skills were people taught at Camp X?

 

 

 

 

  1. How did the French Canadian saboteurs contribute to the Battle of Normandy?

 

Conscription  (p. 263)

  1. What promise did Mackenzie King make at the beginning of the war?

 

 

 

 

  1. How did the National Resources Mobilization Act attempt to make both sides happy?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is a “plebiscite”?

 

 

 

  1. What did King’s plebiscite ask?  What were the results?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What was King’s famous statement about conscription?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What decision did King make in 1944 to help the Allied forces in the war?

 

 

 

 

 

14.   How did French Canadians and English Canadians react to King’s decision in 1944?

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.  List 1 reason to agree and 1 reason to disagree with the statement:  “Canadians should have the right to decide whether or not to participate in a war in any manner.  Canadians should not be required to contribute”.