PPT-The Conscription Crisis (1917)

Some Background Regulation 17 Ontario Ministry of Education French language instruction limited to the first two years of instruction 19121913 Quebec had no particular loyalty to either France or Britain. with special attention to. Military Manpower Conscription. by Casey B. Mulligan. Taxation in Kind. examples. conscription of manpower by the military or civil service. conscription of materials and factories by the military. Dr. S. Finch MD,CM, FRCPC, ABAM-Diplomate. Introduction. BPD is common disorder, especially in clinical populations. Prevalence 1-2% general population, up to 10-20% outpatients, 25% agitated emergency patients. What is conscription?. Conscription is being drafted into the armed forces. 1914—Prime Minister Borden promised there would be no conscription. 1917—Borden announced there would be conscription. WHAT CHANGED?. Conscientious Objectors. Why When. National Division. End of the War. 1914 Prime Minister Borden. Promised there would be no conscription or compulsory enlistment. BUT......... Needed more men for the war effort. 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”. 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. equipment, and . other products was good for Canadian businesses. Significant . economic growth led to wage and job increases. By . 1917, the Imperial Munitions Board in Canada was . the biggest . business in Canada (150,000 workers). Conscription Crisis. King. . promised= . no . conscription. Germany quickly occupied much of Europe. 1940- National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA). Government could mobilize. =. . conscription (home . Australia’s involvement in World War I. As the news came from Gallipoli that more troops were needed on the Front, the call for recruits was sent out across the Empire.. Britain passed laws to introduce conscription in January 1916. Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes wanted to follow suite and held the first referendum to poll the Australian population in October 1916. The voting was close a NO vote was passed.. 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. RUSSIA IS OUT AND THE USA IS IN!. 1. LEARNING TARGETS. I can explain how the British gained the territory in the Middle East from the Ottoman Turks.. I understand and can describe how the United States became involved in the First World War.. 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. . What is Progressivism?. What was the Progressive movement?. Social/political movement of early 1900s that attempted to use activism as well as . gov’t. power to cure social problems. Why was this so groundbreaking?. The outbreak of war threatened Canada with economic crisis. Existing manufacturing orders were cancelled, some . factories . shutdown. , and construction halted on many pre-war civilian projects. . Some feared that war would cause the collapse of Canada’s already fragile economy. .