1. World War One Part One CANADA AND THE WORLD HISTORY 3040
Dr. Curtis Cole
Trent University in Oshawa
November 2, 2009

2. The Great War

3. The Great War
A Crisis of Adolescence

4. Europe, 1900

5. German Empire, 1871

7. German Empire, 1871

8. The Great War
Prussia

9. The Great War Prussia unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,

10. The Great War German Empire unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,
Kaiser
Chancellor

11. The Great War German Empire unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
Kaiser
Chancellor

12. The Great War Reichstag 1894 unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
1894

13. The Great War Wilhelm I Died 1888 unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
Died 1888

14. The Great War Friedrich III Died 1888 unification of Germany - 1871
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
Died 1888

15. The Great War Wilhelm II Kaiser, 1888-1918
unification of Germany
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
Kaiser,

16. The Great War Wilhelm II Kaiser, 1888-1918
unification of Germany
Franco-Prussian War,
Germany not a parliamentary democracy
Wilhelm II – grandson of Queen Victoria
Kaiser,

17. The Great War First Cousins Queen Victoria George V Nicholas II
Great Britain
Nicholas II
Russia
Wilhelm II
Germany
First Cousins

18. The Great War Wilhelm II Chancellor Bismarck Dismissed 1890
Kaiser,

19. The Great War Wilhelm II Kaiser, 1888-1918
alliance with Austria-Hungary, 1879
Kaiser,

20. The Great War Wilhelm II Kaiser, 1888-1918 Triple Alliance Germany
alliance with Austria-Hungary, 1879
Triple Alliance
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Kaiser,

21. The Great War Triple Alliance vs. Triple Entente Germany - France
Austria-Hungary - Russia
Italy - Britain

22. Europe, 1914

23. Archduke Franz Ferdinand Heir to the Austrian Throne
The Great War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austrian Throne

24. The Great War
June 28, 1914: Austrian Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary
Gavrilo Princip

25. The Great War
June 28, 1914: Austrian Archduke Ferdinand assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip
war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia
Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary
Germany declared war on Russia and France
Britain declared war on Germany, Aug. 4, 1914

26. The Great War
Robert Borden
Prime Minister,

27. The Great War
The Canadian people will be united in a common resolve to put forth every effort and to make every sacrifice necessary to ensure the integrity and maintain the honour of the Empire.
Robert Borden
Prime Minister,

28. Leader of the Opposition
The Great War
Wilfrid Laurier
Leader of the Opposition

29. The Great War
October, 1914: 30,000 Canadian volunteers

30. The Great War October, 1914: 30,000 Canadian volunteers
64% born in the United Kingdom
25% born in Canada (English)
3.7% born in Canada (French)

31. The Great War
Canadian casualties WWI:
60,000 killed
200,000 wounded

32. The Great War

33. The Great War

34. The Great War

35. The Great War

36. The Great War

37. The Great War

38. The Great War

39. The Great War
Recruitment
Conscription

40. The Great War 1881 1921 Total: 4.3 million 8.8 million
Population of Canada
Total: 4.3 million million
Urban: 1.1 million million
Rural: 3.2 million million

41. The Great War Conscription, 1917 Military Service Act, 1917
Military Voters Act, 1917
Wartime Elections Act, 1917
Union Govt. - excluding Laurier
election, December, 1917
agricultural exemptions from conscription
Robert Borden
Prime Minister,

42. The Great War election, December, 1917 153 Union seats 3 in Quebec
82 Liberal seats
62 in Quebec
Robert Borden
Prime Minister,

43. The Great War Conscription, 1917 Military Service Act, 1917
Military Voters Act, 1917
Wartime Elections Act, 1917
Union Govt. - excluding Laurier
election, December, 1917
agricultural exemptions from conscription revoked
War Measures Act, 1914
Robert Borden
Prime Minister,

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