20s & 30s

Question 0

Soldier jobs from war

Answer 0

• many women had to leave their jobs to make room for soldiers
• soldiers wanted 2000 for compensation
• pensions were needed

Question 1

Winnipeg general strike

Answer 1

• 30,000 people walked off the job
• wanting more pay
  And better working conditions
• bloody Saturday took place in June 1919 (Hell’s valley)
• committee of 1000 fought against the strike

Question 2

Obu

Answer 2

One big union was a union with both trained and untrained workers so that everyone got equal rights

Question 3

J.S Woodsworth

Answer 3

One of the Winnipeg strike leaders, founded the NDP

Question 4

Benefits of a union

Answer 4

• job security
• improved wages
• health care, pension plans , etc
• scheduling of hours

Question 5

Prohibition

Answer 5

The law of illegal alcohol consumption , many people ignored this though and gangs formed

Question 6

Automobiles

Answer 6

Highways were created
People stated moving farther away from the city
- more tourists
- many jobs were created

Question 7

Movies

Answer 7

Silent films slowly turned into talking films commonly known as talkies

Question 8

Flappers

Answer 8

Revealing young women

Question 9

Prosperity

Answer 9

Many people bought items on credit more than they could afford
Stated investing and betting on stocks

Question 10

Fredrick Banting

Answer 10

Invented insulin

Question 11

Agnes MacPhail

Answer 11

The first women in the disarmament committee

Question 12

Carine Wilson

Answer 12

First women Canadian senator

Question 13

Alberta 5

Answer 13

1) Emily Murphy
2) Nellie McClung
3) Louise McKinley
4) Irene Parlby
5) Henrietta Muir Edwards

Question 14

Five Cent Speech

Answer 14

A speech said by Mackenzie saying that he didn’t care about Canada’s economy, he later lost the election to Bennett

Question 15

Tariffs

Answer 15

Tariffs are Taxes that applied to businesses selling goods in other countries ( in the 1930s this seemed like a good idea to help depression but really it lower Canada’s export market)

Question 16

Copping with the Great Depression

Answer 16

Some people became door to door sales men some asked for money from churches and charities

Question 17

Relief camps

Answer 17

Young men road the rails west, in search of work, they found none and so were sent to relief camps where they worked long days

Question 18

On to Ottawa trek

Answer 18

Hundreds of young men road the rails to Ottawa to protest, the were stopped in Saskatchewan , eventually a riot broke out

Question 19

Bennett’s new deal

Answer 19

New programs

• unemployment insurance
• minimum wage

Question 20

End of the depression

Answer 20

WW2 ended the depression

Question 21

Day of the stock market crash

Answer 21

Black Tuesday

Question 22

Recession

Answer 22

• sales, wages, prices, demand production, profits = decline
• business failures and unemployment = increasing
• strikes/ labour unrest = high
  “Buyers market”

Question 23

Depression

Answer 23

• sales, wages, prices, demand, production, profit = low
• business failures and unemployment = very high
• strikes and labour unrest= few

Question 24

Recovery

Answer 24

• sales, wages, prices, production, profits, demand = increasing
• business failures and unemployment = decreasing
• strikes and labour unrest= few

Question 25

Prosperity

Answer 25

• sales, wages, proves, production, profits, demand for goods = high
• business failures and unemployment = low
• strikes and labour unrest= high
  “Sellers market”

Question 26

Suburbia

Answer 26

People started moving away from
The city in order to raise a family
- this left many women stuck at home cleaning
- the highways allowed for men to go to work in the car

Question 27

Chanak Crisis

Answer 27

• a small war between Turkish and British soldiers, when Britain asked for Canada’s military presence Canada exercised it’s new independence and refused