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Conscription Crisis

            
             World War I, a terrifying ordeal that robbed 25 million humans of their lives,.
             On this date Germany invaded Belgium, and when Britain.
             moved to defend Belgium World War I had begun. Canada, a member of the British.
             Empire, was now legally at war with Britain. The Canadian government was not.
             consulted about going to war. Many Canadians were strong supporters of the British at.
             this time and proudly went to war by choice. However Francophone Canadians were not.
             interested in fighting for a British affair that had nothing to do with Canadian interests. In.
             1918 the horror that many countries had been facing for years finally ceased. The.
             League of Nations was formed to prevent the atrocities of war from occurring again. This.
             organization failed miserably when in 1939 Germany invaded Poland, causing England.
             and France to declare war on Germany. World War II had been instigated. One week.
             later Canada also declared war, for support for Britain was still strong in the country.
             This six year war resulted in the deaths of 14 million people. .
             Many believe that Canada's involvement in both World Wars I and II, was.
             unnecessary. During these 10 years of fighting (both World Wars) 101700 Canadians.
             were killed or missing. The loss of these lives is one that could never been replaced.
             Both wars cost the Canadian government 23 billion dollars, putting Canada into great.
             debt. Also, the unity crisis created by conscription1 has been yet another damage to a.
             country that has been through war. Individuals who are opposed to Canadian.
             involvement in both World Wars place the value of life above freedom, rights, and.
             inhumanity to man. .
            


Essays Related to Conscription Crisis

1. Mackenzie King and Minorities

During World War I conscription put a lot of strife between the French and English of Canada, so during World War II for obvious reasons, William Lyon Mackenzie King tries to prevent conscription at all costs. While working through that crisis though, he interned thousands of Japanese Canadians. ... So Borden was forced to put conscription into effect in 1917. ... From the strife conscription had put on French-English relations in Canada, it made sense for William Lyon Mackenzie King to try and prevent conscription during World War II at all costs. ... He kept pushing for this, while Mack...

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2. Letter to mackenzie king

I also consider and respect the way you dealt with the issue of conscription during World War II. ... However, his policies did little to ease the economic crisis. ... To begin with, you did not introduce conscription, but rather held a plebiscite and promised that conscription would only be introduced as a last resort. When all the provinces except Quebec were in favour of conscription, you did not simply introduce it and ignored Quebec. ... Secondly, you handled the concern of conscription in a much respected matter. ...

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3. The Radicalization of Irish Nationalism

The conscription crisis of 1918 also boosted anti-British bias that was at this stage very evident in the Country. ... This meant forced conscription for Ireland, which given the atmosphere of Nationalism was strongly opposed. "This threat roused the Irish people of all shades of political opinion to a high pitch of enthusiasm to fight the conscription menace"14 "In May of 1918 the British government having decided to postpone the implementation of conscription in Ireland, decided instead to focus on Sinn Fein and arrested 73 prominent members"15. ... The conscription crisi...

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4. Canada and the Effects WWI

At the beginning of World War One, Prime Minister Borden, promised that he wouldn't bring conscription into the war. ... The French originally were okay with the war and promoted Canada's decision, but when conscription was brought up the French became unhappy and didn't promote the war. ... It was the beginning of conscription, or compulsory military service. After the war Canada was able to regroup as a nation even after the conscription crisis. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

5. world war 1

Many English speaking Canadians viewed this opposition to conscription as unpatriotic. In Quebec, conscription became a symbol for the tyranny of the English-speaking majority. The bitter feelings caused by conscription created a unity crisis in Canada that is still evident today. ... The unity crisis created by conscription showed that Canada was developing a separate culture, with different sovereignty related beliefs. ... However by 1942, the war crisis encouraged all women without children to enter the workforce. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Dransfield

This was a win as far as human rights groups were concerned, as the previous government had in-lawed compulsory conscription. But with compulsory conscription out-lawed and war becoming less glamorized the public of Australia became divided over the Labor governments decision which could make the domino theory a reality. ... Prior to Vietnam wars were becoming less glamorized and so the conservative Liberal government ordered in compulsory conscription. ... Dransfield and other members of society leading an alternative life were strongly opposed to the notion of compulsory conscript...

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  • Grade Level: High School

7. Analyse The Consequences Of The 1916 Easter Rising

An important short-term result was the Conscription Crisis. Both the IPP and Sinn Fein were opposed to conscription. ... Conscription strengthened Sinn Fein's support while also weakening the appeal of the IPP. The Government then tried to take tough action against the members of Sinn Fein who publicly denounced conscription. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

8. The Constitutional Crisis

The factors which enabled Whitlam and the Labor Party to receive such tremendous support from Australians were myriads of attractive promises such as an end to conscription; an introduction of equality and opportunity for women within areas of the Federal government; a more democratic approach to decision makings; abolition to university fees and increased expenditure on education; introduction of Medibank (a national health insurance scheme); multiculturalism and support of migrants as well as the abolition of White Australia Policy; and much more. ... From then on, a six week crisis began as...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. When Confronted with a Crisis, the new Regime Responded in

The civil war against the various anti-Bolshevik forces, the paralysing economic crisis, and the widespread political discontent were all dangerous crises that had the potential to unseat the newly formed government. ... They increased the levels of conscription from the peasantry and proletariat, and quickly abolished the democratic soldiers committees that had been established during the euphoria of 1917. ... Thus, whilst sharing similar forms of coercive agencies, the two regimes were vastly different in their response to crisis, and their respective abilities to adjust to changing circumst...

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  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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