1. Define conscription:
-forced enlistment into the army/navy/airforce
2. What powers did the government get with the War Measures Act?
-suspended civil liberties allowing people to be arrested without due cause, held without trial etc...it also allowed the government to use censorship in all forms of communications, seizure of property, internment etc...
3. What Act enforced conscription?
Military Service Act
4. Why did the US join the war?
-passenger/merchant ship - the Lusitania was sunk by U-boats and there were American passengers on the ship. (idea of unrestricted submarine warfare)
Bonus:
What year did the US join WWI?
-1917
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