HIST 1126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Winnipeg General Strike, War Measures Act, Making Money
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3 long answer questions know what led into what need an idea of the year things happened in, chronology is important but specific days aren"t. Labour tension wages for most of the working class were not rising at the same rate as the cost of living. Fear of revolution strikes were banned under the war measures act until the war was over b/c it was affecting the war effort citizens agreed to hold strike until war ends. Return of veterans returning veterans are also seeking jobs in 1917 the russian communists took power of the tsar, therefore the. Canadian government feared that this labour tension was going to lead to an overthrow of the state in 1919. Spreading unrest sympathy from other parts of canada more groups decide to join the strikers, such as the city police. Government response think the bolsheviks of russia have infiltrated this movement fear that winnipeg is the nexus of this upcoming overthrow.
