HIST 398 Lecture 12: HIST 398 APRIL 11 &13
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A lot of women lost there husbands during the great war and would resort to prostitution to support themselves and children if any. Women who is alone at movie theatres, dance halls, etc. or out at night by themselves are deemed to be prostitutes: women become objects of moral surveillance by the moral police and police. 1866-71 fenian radicals based in the us raided british government outposts in. Canada to pressure the british to leave ireland. Created a new form of treason lawless aggression to deal with foreigners who entered canada to commit acts of political terrorism (form of political dissent). Canadian state saw itself being threaten by dissent. Sedition- is more fluid and only requires intention. Sedition in the criminal code (1906: seditious words are words expressive of a seditious intention 2. A sedition libel is a libel expressive of a seiditious intention. Labour unrest fuelled by enemy aliens. (communist threats)