Why did King use a plebiscite on conscription during World War II? What were the results of the plebiscite in 1942? Compare the results from English Canada and French Canada.
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In April of 1942 King held a plebiscite, which asked the population not to support immediate conscription, but rather to allow the government to take back its promise made during the 1940 election. King's famous remark on the issue, "conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription," reflected the ambiguous nature of the plebiscite. Unsurprisingly, the plebiscite was supported by most English Canadians, who voted 83% in favour, but hardly at all by French Canadians, especially in Quebec, where anti-conscription groups (including one led by Henri Bourassa, the most vocal opponent of conscription in 1917) helped 76% of the population vote against the plebiscite.
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1/4 of the US was once a territory of Mexico.  Another huge chunk was Russian.  Another chunk was French.  Each of those chunks was purchased or won in combat by the English chunk.   Therefore, English won out.\n\nThere was a push for a long while to establish a national language between German and English!  But that died down once the Great World War started.  I've picked up a great deal of Spanish, because I enjoy it.  Otherwise, I don't think anyone should be forced to learn Spanish.  Just like learning English, it might make some interactions easier!
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ww2?? Your question is a little vague.
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Actually appeasement is once of the reasons why some people think WW2 came about. Britain and other western powers went the way of diplomacy in order to make sure that war won't break out again.
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Well I don't think I ever heard of such a thing like this but The Senate was set up the Represent the Governments of the States and the House of Representatives to represent the Voters.\n\nOriginally in a lot of States only those who legally owned Property could vote and at 1st it was usually the Wealthy who owned the properties and the Common people were Tenants (just like what happened in Europe), but luckily America progressed as time went on so that any citizen could vote regardless of whether or not they owned land and eventually Middle class and even poor wound up owning property.\n\nIt also took awhile to grant voting rights to Blacks and other Non-Whites as well as voting rights to Women but such rights were granted thank God.\n\n\nEventually it was changed so that the Senate would also represent the voters just like the House does which kinda is a good thing in a way considering when the Senate represented the Governments of the States it meant the Legislatures of the States voted for the Senators.\n\nToday in Canada they have Senate and House of Commons.\n\nThe House of Commons is elected by the Voters but the Prime Minister appoints the Senators.
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Ditto!  That happened to me yesterday on a question from some moron saying "should Hitler have won"?\nSame applies people!  10 points if you can unearth my answer!
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Levit, Britain couldnt hold The germans off at all???? three words for you my friend BATTLE OF BRITAIN, the british did just that they held the germans off thanx to THE FEW, the men and women of RAF fighter command many of whom were not much older than thier late teens and early twenty's, after defeat in the BATTLE of BRITAIN the germans turned thier attentions to Russia and got thier arses kicked, plz do some re-search on these things before you open your mouth and insert your foot in it.
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From my understanding the BNA act grated sovereignty to Canada, being that it declared it a self governing nation.   \n\nWith regards tot he taxation system it was declared that no further taxation shall be imposed by the British governing forces as Canada is it's own nation.
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There have been referendums in Quebec (1980 and 1995) where people in Quebec voted for sovereignty. The Bloc will not be satisfied until they are their own nation. Harper went out on a limb on Wednesday announcing Quebec will be a nation within Canada. \n\nSeparation will never happen. Quebec relies too much on Canadian Federal money....
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Well since I'm Canadian i cant really say anything. I did vote for my last general election which took place in January and i voted for the liberals. However they lost by a small margin to the conservatives, there is now a minority government in which the liberals have 103 seats in the house of commons the conservatives have 125 the new democrats have 29 and the bloc Quebecois have 50. As to your question I'm sure most of the people who are criticizing bush voted democrat and of course if they didn't vote that would be a terrific burn in an argument. Have a nice day from Canada:)
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World War II, also, The Second World War, or WWII, was the global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. World War II was the largest and deadliest war in history.\n\nThe war began between Germany and the Allies. Germany was later joined by Italy, Japan, and others, jointly known as the Axis. The Allies at first were made up of Poland, the British Commonwealth, France, and others. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and in December, Japan attacked the United States. China, which had been at war with Japan since the mid-1930s, also joined the Allies, as eventually did a number of other countries.\n\nItaly surrendered in September 1943, Germany in May 1945. The surrender of Japan marked the end of the war, on September 2, 1945.\n\nIt is possible that up to 62 million people died in the war; estimates vary greatly. Most were civilians who died as a result of disease, starvation, genocide, and the aerial bombing of cities. Estimates place deaths in the Soviet Union at around 23 million, while China suffered about 10 million. Poland suffered the most deaths in proportion to its population of any country, losing approximately 5.6 million out of a pre-war population of 34.8 million (16%).\n\nThe war was responsible for the re-drawing of national boundaries and the creation of new nations, the end of western colonialism, and the beginning of the Cold War. [1]\n\nAfter World War II, Europe was informally split into western and Soviet spheres of influence. Western Europe largely aligned as NATO, and Eastern Europe largely as the Warsaw pact. There was a fundamental shift in power from Western Europe and the British Empire to the new superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.\n\nIn Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to Japan's democratization. China's civil war continued through and after the war, resulting eventually in the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The former colonies of the European powers began their road to independence.\n\nKey alliances are formed\nOn September 1, the German invasion of Poland began World War II. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Germany on September 3. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa and Canada followed suit within days. On September 17, the Soviets invaded Poland from the East. The following year, the USSR annexed the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) together with parts of Romania, and attacked Finland. The German-Soviet agreement was brought to an end by the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941.\n\nThe United States of America joined the Allies following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The Declaration by United Nations, on January 1, 1942, officially united 26 nations as Allies. (The Declaration also formed the basis for the United Nations.) The informal Big 3 alliance of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States emerged in the latter half of the war, and their decisions determined Allied strategy around the world.\n\n\nDates of joining Allies\n Poland: 1939, 1 September \n United Kingdom: 1939, 3 September \n Australia: 1939, 3 September \n New Zealand: 1939, 3 September \n France: 1939, 3 September \n Nepal: 1939, 4 September \n Newfoundland: 1939, 4 September \n Tonga: 1939, 4 September \n South Africa: 1939, 6 September \n Canada: 1939, 10 September \n Denmark: 1940, 9 April \n Norway: 1940, 9 April \n Belgium: 1940, 10 May \n Luxembourg: 1940, 10 May \n Netherlands: 1940, 10 May \n Free France: 1940, 18 June \n Greece: 1940, 28 October \n Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 1941, 6 April \n Soviet Union: 1941, 22 June \n Tannu Tuva: 1941, 25 June until 1944, 11 October \n Panama: 1941, 7 December \n Philippines: 1941, 7 December \n Costa Rica: 1941, 8 December \n Dominican Republic: 1941, 8 December \n El Salvador: 1941, 8 December \n Haiti: 1941, 8 December \n Honduras: 1941, 8 December \n Nicaragua: 1941, 8 December \n United
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Yes I do know .God is Canadian.And the elections held today in Ontario are municipal elections for Mayor ,city councillors and school trustees. Hope this answers your question.
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A couple points of claification. \nIt was a "British and Canadian" assault. Canada became a self governing Dominion in 1867, however the people that lived here were called Canadians. e.g. The (UELs),  United Empire Loyalists, when they came north following the US rebellion, came here and became Canadians, Not British. The burning was in retaliation for the burning of York,(now Toronto). \nThe main fact was when Washington was burnt, it was only the Government buildings, including the presidents mansion. It was not burnt to the ground, but was badly charred. The only paint available to cover the charred outside was WHITE, since then it has always been white. \nBill Clinton, when giving private tours, would take people to the attic and show them the charred timbers, that are still there. And you do not have to thank us for your having a Whitehouse. It was a pleasure. How Come "England & U.S.A." are upper case & Canadian's is lower case? Interesting.
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Yeah but do you not remember the war with England.\n\nBesides I got a french joke... There was this guy who arrived in france. The guy taking the passports asked him for his. He said he didn't have one. The french guy was like "that is iimpossible you always need a passport when you come to france. The guy said well on D-day there was no french go to show it too.
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I don't keep numbers of this sort, but I do read the newspaper, daily.  Two days ago, the army indicated that it had surpassed it's last recruiting quota.  All of the other services have had no trouble meeting quota.  The army has always had the biggest challenge because of it's size,  I believe the army may have relaxed some of its criteria for recruitment.  This certainly would have helped it to achieve its numbers.  No, this isn't a guess, unless the newspapers are getting bad info.
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Wow, something that Rob Roy isn't an expert on.  You are just about as dumb as string.  I guess the schools in Scotland must not cover what we call "The War of 1812,"  I don't know what the English call it.  I assume in Scotland they call it "The war in the place that we were sent to do England's bidding (again) in 1812-1814."  Your English masters did manage to burn our capitol down, but we still b1tch slapped you.  \n\nWhy do you love Belgians so much?  Why did you edit that entry?  I was going to snidely quote your derisive comment about learning history back to you.
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We entered WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, not because Hitler declared war on America, it was common knowledge that Hitler wanted to take over the world. It wasn't 20 million people it was 11-12 million. if you really want to place the blame anywhere but the Nazis and Fascists then you should blame France and Britain and the other Allies that attend the Munich Conference. It was here that the policy of appeasement was applied towards Hitler. Appeasement if you don't know is the act of giving in to enemies in order to avoid war. Britain and France allowed hitler to take over the Rhineland and it was only after hitler's invasion of Poland that the rest of Europe declared war. Also the blame lies with the individals that lived in areas surrounding the concentration camps that swore after the war that they had no idea what was going on in their backyards (as if the smell of rotting and burning flesh isn't and obvious give away!!) and FDR's New Deal Programs helped to pull us out of the Great Depression as opposed to Hoover who didn't try to help the unemployed and starving people that were being thrown from their homes!