PPT-Conscription During World War I

How Canada handled the problem of dwindling enlistments Conscription For the first three years of the war the Canadian government relied on volunteers to fight At the start of the war most able bodied men rushed to volunteer to fight so that they could have the opportunity to travel overseas. Isolationism and Neutrality. © Student Handouts, Inc.. Isolationism and Neutrality. BASIC DEFINITIONS. Isolationism. – Neutral with no trade. Nation’s foreign policy calls for neither economic nor political ties with other countries. During World War I, in the winter of of the most unusual events in all of human history took place. The Germans in, safe in muddy, man-made trenches six to eight feet deep that seemed to stretch forev Conscription- . A plan created by the government to force citizens to join the armed forces.. The Beginning of WWI. Recall – At the start of WW1, many people volunteered to fight in the Canadian army.. Isolationism. Best understood from King’s diary . “[N]. othing. is to be gained by creating an internal problem in an effort to meet an international one… We… must seek to keep this part of the Continent free from unrest”. Road to Abolition War. Ben Butler’s Contraband Policy (May 1861). First Confiscation Act (August 1861). Fremont issues first Emancipation Proclamation. Gen. David Hunter emancipates slaves in S.C., GA, FL. Central Planning . PM King’s cabinet included C.D. Howe, a former businessperson who could get factories running. Industry leaders were picked to turn Canada into an industrial war machine. Paying for War. L/O: To explain what drove men to join the war effort, and how propaganda influenced this.. Starter: List some reasons why young men in 1914 would want to go and join the fighting.. Key Terms. . C. onscientious objectors . Miscellaneous. Camp X. British, Canadians, and Americans . Farmhouse on the shores of Lake Ontario near Oshawa. 1941-1944. Special Training Camp #103. One of the most secret projects of the war. First wartime spy training camp in North America. 2. Canada Emerges in . the 20th . Century. The War at Home. A Brief Review. Sam Hughes. Poor administrator. Awarded expensive military contracts to friends.. Responsible for Ross Rifle fiasco, poor quality shells that exploded in artillery. 1917. C. onscription. . (compulsory military service). Britain and New Zealand had both already enacted conscription measures. So too did the United States when they entered the war in April 1917. . 1914-1918. Problems?. The Conscription Crisis. In the first two years of the war, over 350,000 Canadians enlisted in the war. Canada’s population was just over 8 million in 1914. Prior to 1917, the Canadian army relied on volunteers to fight. However, by 1917 the number of casualties far exceeded the number of men enlisting. . Chapters 22-25 . History Alive!. , Ch. 11 . Americans. History Alive!.  . Ch. . 22: From Neutrality to War . p. . 283-291. “Was it in the national interest of the US to stay neutral or declare war in 1917?”. It was a global military conflict that took place mainly in Europe between 1914 & 1918.. It was a . total war. which left great devastation, millions dead and shaped the modern world.. World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars. The results of World War I would be important factors in the development of World War II; 21 years later. Underlying causes. What causes most wars. Extreme . nationalism. (“Super Patriotism” or love for one’s country). Imperialism: . Spreading the political or economic control of one country over another.