HIST 325 Lecture Notes - War Measures Act, Peace Churches, English Canada
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Review: the devastation of halifax in wartime, 1917. Halifax city and harbour: city: in 1917, pop 50000: waned as a city after confederation industrial & residential expansion with wwi; pivotal point for canadian and british navy; troops, wounded neutral ships to register. Etc: harbour: canada"s equivalent to a war zone fortified; filled with ships coming and going; convoy formations; blackouts; anti-submarine nets; deteriorating management of harbour by 3 different authorities (haphazardous, several minor ship wrecks. Votes and women and temperance/ prohibition in wartime: the country and the. Some big questions: we have looked at nothing that on the surface was not also part of the history of other countries, suffrage and temperance and votes for women were not exclusive to canada. 1st women voting federally in canada (union government: all conservatives and most liberals-except quebec) Franchise upon women, 1918: formation of a coalition government, essentially guaranteed that conscription supporters (unionists) would win the federal election in 1917.
