War on the Home Front

• How Canada Paid for the War

  • Canadian economy booming - supplying war effort and goods go to Europe, prices rise in Canada, wages stay the same, profiteers happy, workers unhappy
  • Rationing - limiting consumption of food and supplies so more are available for the soldiers
  • Victory bonds - patriotic savings bonds sold to public to pay for the war
  • Income Tax “temporary” tax on workers’ wages and money borrowed from other countries
• Suffrage Movement

  • Important because it was for women's rights in the 1910-1920’s

  Suffrage: the right to vote in political elections - ties into the suffrage movement for women

  Suffragists: people who are peaceful while fighting for women's rights

  The conscription crisis helped women gain more power to vote

  • If the women was for conscription certain women would get to vote, that lead to more women wanting the vote