Conscription Crisis in Canada:  1917

 

Spotlight Canada:  page 119-122

 

  1. Graph (line or bar) the enlistment and casualty rates for the Canadian forces in 1917.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan                       March                             May                            July                              Sept.                    Nov.

 

  1. Define “conscription”.

 

 

 

 

  1. Why did Prime Minster Border become convinced that more Canadian soldiers were necessary?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Outline the various feelings and reasons towards conscription below.

English Canadians

French Canadians

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Ontario provided ______________% volunteers in proportion to the population.  What percent did Quebec provide in proportion to the population?  ______________ %.  What reactions do you think this would bring to English Canadians?

 

 


6.  What discriminations were made against French Canadian volunteers in the army?

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What two politicians opposed conscription?  Why?

 

 

 

 

8.  Outline the following terms:

Item

Description

Military Service Bill – 1917

 

 

 

 

 

Military Voters Act

 

 

 

 

 

Wartime Elections Act

 

 

 

 

 

Pacifists

 

 

 

Conscientious Objectors

 

 

 

 

9. Who won the election of 1917?  ________________________________

 

10.    By the time WWI ended in November 1918, who many Canadian conscripts had reached the battlefield?  __________________________________________

 

11.    According to historians, was conscription a success in Canada?

 

 

 

 

12.    In your opinion, should conscription be allowed?  Why or why not?