Government and Leadership
Alliances
Triple Entente
France, England, Russia/Soviet Union
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Due to the Triple Entente, winning
they made the treaty of Versailles
which mainly targeted Germany's
power. This treaty was one of the
causes for why Hitler did what he did
and was one of the sparks that ignited WW2
Laws
Laws for Aboriginals people
The Aboriginal Peoples used to not be able to have lawyers as they didn't want them to be able to contest treaties that they didn't know they were signing. They could have lawyers in 1927. The Indian act is another law where if a women of aboriginal
descent married a man of non-aboriginal origins she
would loose her status as an Aboriginal.
The aboriginal children were taken away from
their homes and forced into residential schools. These schools were backed by the Canadian Parliament, and were enforced by churches and nuns. They were made to make the aboriginal children forget their culture entirely. The last residential school was shut down in 1996
German Antisemitism Laws
Antisemitism was a big part of WW2 as it
was targeting the Jewish people. One of the laws was that the Jewish people were forced into ghettos, and had to leave the country or they were forced into concentration work/death camps .
Leaders/Political parties from other country
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The Archduke was the heir to the throne in Austria-Hungary. His assassination sparked
WW1 when he was at a Parade in Sarajevo
(Austria-Hungary). At this parade he was killed by Gavrilo Prinicip of the Black Hand. His death led to an ultimatum being given to Serbia where the Black Hand originated. This Ultimatum ended up splitting 6 countries into 2 sides which is the Triple Entente, and Triple Alliance
Nazi Party
What Hitler used to take over Germany. Adolf Hitler
Controlled and spoke as Leader of the Nazi Party during WW2.
At the end of WW2. The triple alliance learned from the Treaty of Versailles, so they only punished the Nazi Party.
League Of Nations
Helped cause
WW2 due to
isolationism.
Non- Permanent Members
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Greece
- Spain
Permanent Members
- Great Britain
- France
- Italy
- Japan
Dictators
Benito Mussolini
Was the one who inspired
Hitler to start becoming a dictator,
and also showed that the League of
Nations wouldn't do anything when he raided Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler
Was what sparked WW2. He used the peoples
feelings after Germany got hit with the treaty
of Versailles and made them all think that the
Jewish people were to blame. He then took over
some of the surrounding areas after he realized
from Mussolini that the League of Nations wouldn't do
anything. He caused millions of Jewish people to die.
WW2 ended 1945.
Joseph Stalin
Governed the soviet union from
1923 till his death in 1953. Stalin
formalized Marxism-Leninism. He
made his own Ideology called
Stalinism. He wanted to turn the
Soviet Union into a superpower, by
government control of economy, and
a collectivism agriculture. Anyone who
disagreed or didn't comply were shot or
exiled. He ruled with a strict voice, and encouraged
spying among the citizens. He even made his own
Labor camps called Gulags where citizens were forced
to work for hours.
Canadian Leaders
Pierre Trudeau
1919 - 2000
Ran in office from 1968-1979 and
1980 - 1984
Stricter Gun control
LGBTQ+ Rights
Womens Rights
Sr. Robert Laird Borden
!854 - 1937
Insisted on separate
Canadian membership in
League of Nations
Helped Britain in WW1
Ran In office from 1911 - 1920
