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| inflation | The rise in prices for goods and services that increases the cost of living and triggers the demand for a rise in wages. |
| Victory bonds | Canadians were urged to invest in these, which could be cashed in, with interest, when the war had been won. |
| munitions factories | Where about 35 000 women worked, making shells for the millitary. |
| female suffrage | The right to vote for women, which was first won in provincial elections in Manitoba in 1916. |
| propaganda | Information designed to inspire and spread particular beliefs and opinions. |
| internment camps | Camps or centers for detaining people who are considered a threat. |
| conscription | Compulsory service in the armed forces. |
| Union Government | A patriotic party that had agreed to set aside all political differences to concentrate on winning the war. |
| Halifax Explosion | A massive detonation in Halifax harbour on December 6, 1917, caused by the collision of a Belgian vessel , with a French munitions ship. |
| Imperial Munitions Board | A government agency established during World War I that built factories to produce artillery shells, weapons and other items for the war. |
| Khaki Election | Nickname for the federal election of 1917, because many Canadians who voted were serving overseas. |
| Spanish flu | A virulent form of influenza that swept Canada and much of the rest of the world in the winters of 1918-20. |
