20th Century Canadian History Topics
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1. Establishment of the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910: Reasons, and Motivations.
2. Role of Canada in World War I.
3. Vimy Ridge Battle’s Importance for WWI and Canadian History.
4. Controversial Society’s Perception of WWI as an “English War”.
5. Canada’s International Relationship between the two World Wars.
6. Discovering Regional and Social Conflicts at the beginning of the 20th Century.
7. The 20th Century Immigration Waves: Influence on Society, Positive/Negative Effects.
8. Suffrage Movement in Canada, Fight for Women’s Right to Vote.
9. Wall Street Market Crash in 1929 and Processes It Started in Canada.
10. The Great Depression in Canada: Causes, Impact, Results.
11. The Mackenzie King’s Government: Resolution on Participation in World War II.
12. Participation in WWII and Economic Boost.
13. Explore the role of Canadian Troops in WWII.
14. Social and Economic Change in Canada after WWII.
15. Long Way to Independence: Exploration on the Relationship with the UK, Colonialism, and
National Identity.
16. Bilingual National Identity Development.
17. The Importance of the Old Age Pension Institution and Its Influence on Society.
18. Reasons for Newfoundland’s Joining as the Tenth Province.
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Controversial Canadian History Topics
1. Internment Camps in Canada: Reasons, Context, Results.
2. Were Internment Camps Necessary?
3. Separatist Movement in Quebec in the 20th century and its Influence on the Country.
4. Front de Libération du Québec: Were The Methods Justifiable?
5. Quiet Revolution and the Modernization of Quebec.
6. Should the Constitution Be Signed by all Provinces? Explore Quebec’s position.
7. Establishment of the Income Tax in 1917 as “temporary wartime measures.”
8. The controversy of the 1928 Supreme Court Act that stated Women are not “Persons” to be
elected to Public Office.
9. Struggle for Equal Rights for Female and Male Workers and Society in the first half of 20th
century.
10. Cold War and the Establishment of NATO: Should Canada have joined NATO?
11. Quebec’s Separation Referendum and its Impact on the Country and Provinces’ Equality.
12. Jeanne Sauve, first female General Governor of Canada, Her Government, and Politics.
13. Manitoba Schools Question.
14. Immigration Policy, Its Development, and Results.
15. Establishing Bilingual Society and Its Influence on the National Identity.
16. Controversy Behind Aboriginal Assimilation.
Unique Topics On Canadian History
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1. Explore Results and Benefits of the USA-Canada free Trade Agreement.
2. Canadian Historical Role as a Peacemaker.
3. Development of Canadian Identity and Contributing Factors.
4. The BNA Act and the Constitution (1982).
5. Cold War in Canada and Communist Fear.
6. Relations Between Provinces and the Country.
7. The Regina Riot and Its Justification.
8. Radical Political Movements in Canada.
9. Differences Between Participation in WWI vs WWII.
10. International Policy vs Non Participation in the Vietnam War.
11. How The Cuban Missile Crisis Affected USA-Canada Relationships.
12. World’s Peacekeeper Role and National Identity.
13. 1960’s Tension between French and English Provinces
14. The Industrial Revolution and The Working Class.
15. Bennett vs King’s Governments, their measures against the Great Depression.
16. National Identity in 20th century vs in the 21st century.
Topics:
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1. Louis Riel and the Métis
2. The Manitoba schools question
3. The Maritimes entry in Confederation
4. Immigration policy and the West
5. Woman and farm life in Canada
6. Agricultural policy in Canada
7. The National Policy and industrial development
8. Heartland and hinterland in Canada
9. Regional protest in Canadian state formation
10.
Union development in Canadian history
11.
Native Treaty rights in the nineteenth and twentieth
century
12.
Japanese internment
13.
The Winnipeg general strike
14.
Canada at War (Boer, World War I, World War II,
Korean, etc.)
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Canada's role as a peacekeeper
16.
The Canada-Russia hockey series of 1972
17.
Social Reform and the welfare state
18.
Provincial-Federal relations
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US-Canada relations
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The protection of Canadian identity (CBC, NFB, etc.)
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The Cold War
22.
The Quiet Revolution in Quebec
23.
Trudeau and the rise of Liberalism
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The public and private sphere in Canada
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The BNA Act and the 1982 Constitution
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Ethnic minorities influence on social and political power
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Religion in late-nineteenth-century Canada
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Local markets versus staple industries.
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Amateur sport in Canada
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The Massey Commission
Bilingualism in Canada
The October Crisis